Automobile parking mechanisms

Claim 1

A PARKING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMOBILES OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A STATIONARY STRUCTURE DEFINING A RECTANGULAR PATH HAVING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PORTIONS AND A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PORTIONS; A PLURALITY OF PLATFORM CARRIAGES ARRANGED ON SAID STATIONARY STRUCTURE FOR MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO THEMSELVES ALONG SAID RECTANGULAR PATH AND INSUCH A MANNER THAT TWO DIAGONALLY OPPOSITE CORNERS OF SAID PATH ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY UNOCCUPIED; AND DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PLATFORM CARRIAGE ALONG SAID PATH AND INCLUDING ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CONVEYOR MEANS, A PLURALITY OF FIRST COUPLING MEANS, ONE FOR EACH PLATFORM, FIXED SPACED FROM EACH OTHER TO SAID ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CONVEYOR MEANS, A PLURALITY OF SECOND COUPLING MEANS RESPECTIVELY FIXED TO SAID PLATFORM CARRIAGES AND RESPECTIVELY ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID FIRST COUPLING MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID PLATFORM CARRIAGES TO SAID CONVEYOR MEANS, GUIDE MEANS FOR GUIDING AT ANY INSTANT A PLURALITY OF FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CONVEYOR MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID RECTANGULAR PATH FOR KEEPING THEREBY THE FIRST COUPLING MEANS FIXED TO SAID FIRST PORTIONS OF SAID CONVEYOR MEANS ENGAGED WITH THE RESPECTIVE SECOND COUPLING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF DEFLECTOR MEANS RESPECTIVELY ARRANGED ALONG SPACED POINTS OF SAID HORIZONTAL PORTIONS OF SAID PATH FOR DEFLECTING A PLURALITY OF SECOND PORTIONS OF SAID ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CONVEYER MEANS MEANS TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST PORTIONS FOR DISENGAGING THE FIRST COUPLING MEANS FIXED TO SAID SECOND PORTIONS FROM THE RESPECTIVE SECOND COUPLING MEANS, AND MOVING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ENDLESS FLEXIBLE CONVEYOR MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MOVING THE SAME ALONG SAID GUIDE AND DEFLECTOR MEANS.