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Abstract

This invention relates to a multi-story parking garage which includes a plurality of parking garage floors and a plurality of parking spaces on each of the floors. The garage is further comprised of interconnecting rails and tracks along which a vehicle conveyer device can move so as to transfer cars from an entrance of the garage to parking spaces in the garage on different floors of the garage and then remove the cars from the parking spaces and move them to the exit point of the garage. The vehicle conveyer is comprised of a flat car frame having a plurality of rollers connected thereto which can move along the rails. The flat car includes grooved surface areas which are positioned in a manner corresponding to the four wheels of a car. A shifter device is provided which is of a relatively short height so that it can move beneath a car by moving horizontally along a track and then move upward vertically. Two pairs of catcher arms positioned on a shifter device are pivotally connected and movable so that the arms can be extended downward so that prongs on the arms are buried within the grooves. The arms can then be raised out of the grooves forcing the vehicle upward. When held in an upward position, the vehicle can be positioned on a vehicle conveyer and placed in any given parking space within the garage. The components are connected to electrical signaling circuits which signaling circuits are interconnected with a computer so that the operation of the components and storing of the cars is done automatically.

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First Claim