US 12,441,230 B2
Method and apparatus for securing a vehicle
Marcus Johan Strom, Phoenix, AZ (US); Jonathan Henry Dearing, Winnie, TX (US); and Trevor Shuman, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to NURO, INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Nuro, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/835,808.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/208,905, filed on Jun. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396195 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60P 7/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/12 (2006.01); B60P 7/08 (2006.01); B60P 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 7/08 (2013.01) [B60P 3/125 (2013.01); B60P 7/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A restraining apparatus for securing a wheel of a vehicle onto a surface, the restraining apparatus comprising:
an arm movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, wherein the arm extends in a first direction from a proximal end of the arm to a distal end of the arm, the proximal end of the arm being attached to the surface;
a first prong extending from the arm;
a second prong extending from the arm; and
wherein, when the arm is in the engaged position, the first prong and the second prong are configurable to secure the wheel onto the surface, and wherein the first prong extends in the first direction from the distal end of the arm and further extends in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and the second prong extends in a third direction that is perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction and further extends in the second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.