Material or article handling – Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a... – Including one or more movable sites
Patent
1997-09-04
2000-04-11
Bratlie, Steven A.
Material or article handling
Apparatus particularly adapted for charging or discharging a...
Including one or more movable sites
414228, 410 30, 206335, E04H 612, E04H 636
Patent
active
060481552
ABSTRACT:
A simple and relatively inexpensive containerized vehicle storage system for holding self-parked vehicles. In one embodiment, the system includes a building housing having an upper level and a lower level, with the lower level being situated below level of vehicle entrance into the housing. A plurality of containers are positioned in at least two vertically stacked columns in the housing. Each container is identically configured, and includes a weight tolerant structural shell. The shell is formed by a floor, sidewall and roof arranged to define a shell entrance and an oppositely situated shell exit to permit respective entry and exit of a vehicle into and from the shell of the container. The shell is typically configured to support the weight of a conventional automobile positioned inside the shell, and further support a stack of about ten similarly loaded and configured containers. Optionally, the shell entrance and shell exit are identical, with the vehicle exiting by backing out from the shell entrance/exit. In this embodiment, the container can include an integrally formed endwall positioned opposite the shell entrance. Endwalls of containers in a first column are positioned adjacent to shell entrances of containers in a second column.
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