Patents by Inventor Christopher Corbett Story

Christopher Corbett Story has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9017000
    Abstract: The present invention as disclosed herein is an improved vehicle parking structure and method for using the same. The vehicle parking structure provides for the automated storage and retrieval of vehicles in response to user inputs. In one aspect, the vehicle parking structure comprises one or more transfer rooms in which a vehicle operator may deposit and later retrieve a vehicle, a plurality of parking spaces of either fixed or variable dimensions, and one or more vehicle transporters used to move vehicles from the one or more transfer rooms to the plurality of parking spaces. The one or more vehicle transporters are in turn each preferably comprised of one or more vertical stabilizers, one or more tractors, one or more lifts, a lifting platform, and a dolly. The vehicle transporters move the lifting platform and dolly so that the dolly may be positioned to access a vehicle located in a transfer room or parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Safe Parking Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Coleman McDowell, Jr., Michael Corbett Story, James Bowmer Story, Charles Jefferson Fritts, Juan Carlos Acevedo, Victor Dale Trotter, Len Keith Averyt, Christopher Corbett Story
  • Publication number: 20110082588
    Abstract: The present invention as disclosed herein is an improved vehicle parking structure and method for using the same. The vehicle parking structure provides for the automated storage and retrieval of vehicles in response to user inputs. In one aspect, the vehicle parking structure comprises one or more transfer rooms in which a vehicle operator may deposit and later retrieve a vehicle, a plurality of parking spaces of either fixed or variable dimensions, and one or more vehicle transporters used to move vehicles from the one or more transfer rooms to the plurality of parking spaces. The one or more vehicle transporters are in turn each preferably comprised of one or more vertical stabilizers, one or more tractors, one or more lifts, a lifting platform, and a dolly. The vehicle transporters move the lifting platform and dolly so that the dolly may be positioned to access a vehicle located in a transfer room or parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph Coleman McDowell, JR., Michael Corbett Story, James Bowmer Story, Charles Jefferson Fritts, Juan Carlos Acevedo, Victor Dale Trotter, Len Keith Averyt, Christopher Corbett Story