Abstract: A parking device is disclosed which includes a substantially horizontally extending elongated arm for engaging the underpanel of a vehicle parked in the parking area. The arm is pivotally connected to the lower end of a post on which the parking meter is mounted. The elongated arm is above the surface of the parking area and is movable between a position in which it may engage the underpanel of a parked vehicle and prevent removal of the vehicle from parking position adjacent the post and another position in which the arm will not engage the underpanel of a vehicle parked therein so that the vehicle may be moved into and out of parking position adjacent the post. A bumper, actuated by a vehicle to be parked, is mounted on an intermediate portion of the post. Structure, which includes the bumper, simultaneously actuates the parking meter and moves the arm into the position in which it may engage the underpanel of a vehicle parked adjacent the post.

Abstract: A parking system in which a parking area for accommodation of a vehicle therein is closed at one end and has a parking meter at the other end. An elongated arm is pivotally connected to a post on which the parking meter is mounted. The elongated arm is movable between a position in which it extends transversely of the parking area a sufficient distance to block removal of a vehicle parked therein and another position in which the arm does not block removal of a vehicle in the parking area. Structure, actuated by a vehicle to be parked, is provided in the parking area. This structure simultaneously actuates the parking meter and moves the arm into a position into which it blocks removal of a vehicle parked in the parking area.