Battery recharging method and apparatus for electrically powered vehicles

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN ELECTRICALLY-POWERED WHEELSUPPORTED VEHICLE HAVING A DIRIGIBLE WHEEL AND A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY SOURCE OF POWER, A BATTERY RECHARGING APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLATFORM HAVING GUIDING MEANS THEREON FOR RECEIVING A VEHICLE WHEEL ROLLED ONTO SAID PLATFORM AND THEN POSITIONING THE WHEEL THUS TO DEFINE A CHARGING STATION FOR THE VEHICLE, SAID GUIDING MEANS HAVING AN ELONGATED TROUGH FORMED IN THE PLATFORM FOR GUIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID DIRIGIBLE WHEEL AND A CIRCULAR DEPRESSION FORMED IN THE PLATFORM AT A FORWARD END OF THE TROUGH PERMITTING ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID DIRIGIBLE WHEEL WITH THE VEHICLE IN SAID CHARGING STATION, CHARGING CIRCUIT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM IN SPACED RELATION TO THE GUIDING MEANS FOR PROVIDING CHARGING CURRENT FOR THE BATTERY SOURCE OF POWER OF THE VEHICLE, CONTACT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID PLATFORM IN FIXED RELATION TO SAID GUIDING MEANS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VEHICLE TO ESTABLISH ELECTRICAL CONTACT BETWEEN THE BATTERY SOURCE OF POWER AND SAID CHARGING CIRCUIT MEANS, SAID VEHICLE HAVING CONTACT ELEMENTS CONNECTED TO THE BATTERY SOURCE OF POWER AND EXPOSED BELOW THE VEHICLE FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE CONTACT MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY MOUNTED ON THE PLATFORM OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE ONTO THE PLATFORM INTO SAID CHARGING STATION FOR RENDERING THE CHARGING CIRCUIT MEANS OPERATIVE.