Abstract: A parking garage elevator system includes a frame including two front posts, two rear posts, two upper support members each interconnecting upper ends of the front and rear posts of the same side, two middle support members each interconnecting intermediate portions of the front and rear posts of the same side, and two cross braces each interconnecting front ends or rear ends of the upper support members; upper and lower automobile platforms; a power transmitting mechanism including first and second electric motors and two chains each for transferring power from the first electric motor to the upper automobile platform or from the second electric motor to the lower automobile platform; and a safety mechanism including four sets of two safety hooks and a plurality of restrain screws on the upper automobile platform or the lower automobile platform.

Abstract: A parking garage elevator system includes a frame including two front posts, two rear posts, two upper support members each interconnecting upper ends of the front and rear posts of the same side, two middle support members each interconnecting intermediate portions of the front and rear posts of the same side, and two cross braces each interconnecting front ends or rear ends of the upper support members; upper and lower automobile platforms; a power transmitting mechanism including first and second electric motors and two chains each for transferring power from the first electric motor to the upper automobile platform or from the second electric motor to the lower automobile platform; and a safety mechanism including four sets of two safety hooks and a plurality of restrain screws on the upper automobile platform or the lower automobile platform.

Abstract: A vehicle parking apparatus includes two front stanchions and two rear stanchions all mounted on a base frame; a top support interconnecting the front stanchions and the rear stanchions; a platform having a rear end moveably secured to the rear stanchions, and two sides moveably secured to the front stanchions; and two elevating assemblies, each including a first pulley on an upper portion of one rear stanchion, a second pulley fixedly disposed on either side of the top support, a third pulley on either side of the platform, a fourth pulley fixedly disposed on a bottom of one rear stanchion, the fourth pulley being driven by a motor, and a rope having one end secured to the base frame, and the other end secured to the top support, the rope sequentially passing through the first pulley, the fourth pulley, the second pulley, and the third pulley.

Abstract: A vehicle parking apparatus includes two front stanchions and two rear stanchions all mounted on a base frame; a top support interconnecting the front stanchions and the rear stanchions; a platform having a rear end moveably secured to the rear stanchions, and two sides moveably secured to the front stanchions; and two elevating assemblies, each including a first pulley on an upper portion of one rear stanchion, a second pulley fixedly disposed on either side of the top support, a third pulley on either side of the platform, a fourth pulley fixedly disposed on a bottom of one rear stanchion, the fourth pulley being driven by a motor, and a rope having one end secured to the base frame, and the other end secured to the top support, the rope sequentially passing through the first pulley, the fourth pulley, the second pulley, and the third pulley.