Device for the parking of vehicles on several platforms arranged above each other

Claim 1

A vehicle parking apparatus for disposition within a pit having a ground level entrance, said device comprising, in combination, a support assembly including a plurality of vehicle parking platforms disposed one above the other in spaced-apart stacked relationship, means for mounting said platforms within said assembly such that at least the uppermost platform is selectively tiltable about a horizontal axis and such that the remaining platforms are rigidly maintained in a substantially level position, said assembly being disposed within a pit having a depth which is less than the assembly height, lifting means for selectively elevating and lowering said platforms as a unit such that in the uppermost position of said unit, the lowermost platform thereof is substantially level with ground level entrance of the pit and such that in the lowermost position of said unit, said uppermost platform thereof is elevated above the ground level entrance of the pit, and means coupled to said uppermost platform to effect tilting thereof so that one end thereof is downwardly inclined and defines an entrance thereto when said unit is in said lowermost position.