US4730285A
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Individual parking meter
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1985-09-20
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Granted: 1988-03-08
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Expires: 2005-09-20
Abstract
Abstract An individual parking meter intended to be fitted in a vehicle so as to be visible for inspection from the outside comprises a parking time storage for storing of a prepaid parking time, a display (3) for displaying parking time information, and a switch means (7) for starting and stopping the parking meter. The parking time storage is a self-destructing disposable time storage which, after purchase of the parking meter, cannot be extended or renewed and reused. There is provided a parking zone selector (10) affecting the time consumption so that this runs in dependance on a set parking zone (9). The display (3) shows the remaining time stored in the storage (1), and thereafter the allowed parking time (8) remaining at any time in the current zone, and also the set zone (9). Preferably, the parking meter is designed as a card (6) in which the components of the parking meter are embedded.
Inventors
- 👤 Jon Lie
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 11:33
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/06; G06Q20/065; G06Q20/0652; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/12; G06Q20/127; G07C; G07C1/00; G07C1/30; G07F17/00; G07F17/0014; G07F17/24; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S194/00; Y10S194/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
218 words
An individual parking meter intended to be fitted in a vehicle so as to be visible for inspection from the outside, and comprising a parking time storage for storing of a prepaid parking time, and being of a disposable type which cannot be renewed and reused after purchase of the parking meter when the prepaid parking time has been consumed, a timing means connected to said parking time storage, a display means connected to said parking time storage and said timing means, for displaying parking information in dependence on signals from said means, a parking zone selector connected to said time storage, timing means and display means and arranged to cause said parking time storage to count down the parking time stored therein at a rate dependent on a set parking zone, a source of electric power, and a switch means for connection and disconnection of electric power to the components of the parking meter, the parking meter being shaped as a sealed, card-shaped casing wherein the components of the parking meter are embedded, the parking zone selector being arranged to be operated by a single operating button on the front of said card, for selecting the appropriate one from a number of parking zones, and the switch means being operable by an on/off button on said card.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
218 words
An individual parking meter intended to be fitted in a vehicle so as to be visible for inspection from the outside, and comprising a parking time storage for storing of a prepaid parking time, and being of a disposable type which cannot be renewed and reused after purchase of the parking meter when the prepaid parking time has been consumed, a timing means connected to said parking time storage, a display means connected to said parking time storage and said timing means, for displaying parking information in dependence on signals from said means, a parking zone selector connected to said time storage, timing means and display means and arranged to cause said parking time storage to count down the parking time stored therein at a rate dependent on a set parking zone, a source of electric power, and a switch means for connection and disconnection of electric power to the components of the parking meter, the parking meter being shaped as a sealed, card-shaped casing wherein the components of the parking meter are embedded, the parking zone selector being arranged to be operated by a single operating button on the front of said card, for selecting the appropriate one from a number of parking zones, and the switch means being operable by an on/off button on said card.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A parking meter according to claim 1, wherein the time storage is self-destructing at the expiration of the stored time or if said casing is broken by an unauthorized person.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A parking meter according to claim 1, wherein said display means is arranged to show the set zone in addition to the allowed parking time remaining at any time in the zone in question.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A parking meter according to claim 3, wherein said display means, after starting of the parking meter, is arranged firstly to show the remaining time stored in the time storage, and thereafter to show said remaining allowed parking time in the zet zone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A parking meter according to claim 3, including a delay circuit causing the counting-down--in dependence on a set zone--of the time stored in the time storage to start a certain time after start of the parking meter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A parking meter according to any of the preceding claims, wherein said casing is provided with an identification of the area or district for which the parking meter is primarily intended.
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