Vehicle storage apparatus

Claim 1

VEHICLE CAGE TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR SHIFTING THE UPPERMOST CAGE FROM ONE COLUMN TO THE TOP OF AN ADJACENT COLUMN, COMPRISING A FRAME STRUCTURE HOUSING SAID COLUMN OF CAGES, A CARRIAGE SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID STRUCTURE TO TRANSFER A CAGE FROM ONE COLUMN TO AN ADJACENT COLUMN, TRANSVERSE MEMBERS ON EACH CAGE, OPPOSED PAIRS OF CLAW MEMBERS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TRANSVERSE MEMBERS ON THE CAGES, A DEPENDING ACTUATING ARM MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE, OPERATIVE LINKAGE MEANS CONNECTING SAID ACTUATING ARM TO MEANS FOR DISPLACING SAID CLAW MEMBERS FROM AN OPERATIVE ENGAGING POSITION IN RESPECT TO SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS OR TO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION THERETO TO ALLOW THE TRANSVERSE MEMBERS TO MOVE INWARDLY BETWEEN SAID CLAW MEMBERS AND THEREAFTER TO CAUSE SAID CLAW MEMBERS TO MOVE TO AN ENGAGING POSITION TO SUPPORT SAID CAGE AND ON A FURTHER INWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID CAGE TO ACTUATE THE CLAW MEMBERS TO AN ALTERNATIVE POSITION CLEAR OF THE DOWNWARD PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS TO ALLOW THE CAGE TO MOVE OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CLAW MEMBERS.