US 12,384,477 B2
Vehicle storage system
Danny Andrew Horvat, Botany (AU)
Assigned to Horvat Nominees Pty Ltd, New South Wales (AU)
Appl. No. 18/040,996
Filed by HORVAT NOMINEES PTY LTD, Botany (AU)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/AU2021/051296
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/099351, PCT Pub. Date May 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020904183 (AU), filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303195 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B62H 3/12 (2006.01); B62H 3/08 (2006.01); B66F 7/04 (2006.01); B66F 7/28 (2006.01); B66F 9/075 (2006.01); B66F 9/14 (2006.01); B66F 9/18 (2006.01)
CPC B62H 3/12 (2013.01) [B62H 3/08 (2013.01); B66F 7/28 (2013.01); B66F 9/07559 (2013.01); B66F 9/14 (2013.01); B66F 9/18 (2013.01); B66F 7/04 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle storage apparatus, including:
a lifting jack having spaced apart lifting tines;
a dolly being reversibly couplable to the lifting tines in a number of alternate positions; and
a centre point device for determining a weight distribution along a longitudinal axis of the dolly when a vehicle is located thereon, to assist in a selection of one of said number of alternate positions for a suitable attachment of the dolly to the lifting tines, to thereby inhibit tipping of the lifting jack when the lifting tines are in a raised position or otherwise dislodgement of the vehicle stored thereon, wherein the dolly being movable laterally relative to the lifting jack and reversably couplable to the lifting tines, once a longitudinal centre point of the dolly and vehicle is determined.