Parking equipment

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, A STRUCTURE FORMING A VERTICAL ELEVATOR HATCH AND AT LEAST ONE STALL EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HATCH AT AN UPPER ELEVATION, A PLATFORM STRUCTURE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A LOAD FOR STORAGE AND MOVABLE VERTICALLY WITHIN THE HATCH AND LATERALLY WITHIN THE STALL, HORIZONTAL TRACK MEANS CARRIED ALONG THE SIDES OF THE STALL AND FORMING TWO PAIRS OF PARALLEL SIDE BY SIDE TRACKWAYS, TWO PAIRS OF ROLLERS MEANS SECURED TO THE SIDES OF THE PLATFORM STRUCTURE NEAR THE FORWARD AND REAR ENDS THEREOF FOR ENGAGING SAID TRACKWAYS, TWO PAIRS OF VERTICAL TRACKS DISPOSED ALONG THE SIDES OF THE SHAFT THAT CORRESPOND TO SAID SIDES OF THE STALL, SAID ROLLER MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO REGISTER WITH AND ENGAGE SAID VERTICAL TRACKS WHEN THE PLATFORM STRUCTURE IS SHIFTED FROM A POSITION WITHIN THE STALL TO A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HATCH, HORIZONTAL TRACK MEANS WITHIN THE HATCH AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE VERTICAL TRACKS AT THE LEVEL OF THE FIRST NAMED TRACKS AND FORMING TRACKWAYS FOR THE FORWARD PAIR OF ROLLER MEANS, MOTIVE MEANS FOR MOVING THE PLATFORM STRUCTURE VERTICALLY WITHIN THE HATCH AND LATERALLY WITHIN THE STALL, ADDITIONAL ROLLER MEANS CARRIED BY THE PLATFORM STRUCTURE NEAR THE FORWARD END AND DISPOSED INWARDLY OF SAID FIRST NAMED TRACKWAYS, AND ADIDTIONAL TRACKING MEANS CARRIED ALONG THE SIDES OF THE STALL AND SERVING TO UNDERLIE AND SUPPORT SAID LASTNAMED MEANS AND SAID PLATFORM STRUCTURE WHEN SAID FORWARD ROLLER MEANS PASSES OVER THE REGION OF THE TWO VERTICAL TRACKS NEAREST TO SAID ONE HATCH, SAID LAST NAMED TRACKING MEANS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST-NAMED TRACKWAYS AND ADJACENT THE INNER SIDES OF THE SAME.