US PATENT SUBCLASS 187 / 203
STATIONARY LIFT FOR ROADWAY VEHICLE OR REQUIRED COMPONENT THEREOF

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187 /   HD   ELEVATOR, INDUSTRIAL LIFT TRUCK, OR STATIONARY LIFT FOR VEHICLE

203STATIONARY LIFT FOR ROADWAY VEHICLE OR REQUIRED COMPONENT THEREOF {7}
204  DF  .~> With distinct jack on vehicle support
205  DF  .~> With floor pit opening for support and safety cover therefor
206  DF  .~> With safety prop or braking rod for support
207  DF  .~> Having position lock for engaging sustaining drive means or guide means of support {1}
209  DF  .~> With safety cutoff for drive means
210  DF  .~> Having specific drive means for support {4}
216  DF  .~> Having specific vehicle support structure (e.g., trackways) {3}

DEFINITION

Classification: 187/203

STATIONARY LIFT FOR ROADWAY VEHICLE OR REQUIRED COMPONENT THEREOF:

(under the class definition) Subject matter consisting of fixedly mounted apparatus, or a specified component thereof (i.e., drive-means*, vehicle-underlying support surface component) not provided for in another class, for elevating a discrete wheeled highway vehicle, in its entirety, from a lower entrance and exit level to a significantly higher upper level where the vehicle is intended to be repaired or inspected.

(1) Note. The line between a vehicle lift proper for this subclass and its indented subclasses and one proper for Class 254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force is as follows:

This subclass and its indents provide for vehicle elevating apparatus which (a) has a vehicle supporting surface entirely separable from the vehicle, (b) lifts the entire vehicle a significant distance along a generally rectilinear path, (c) maintains its vehicle underlying support surface in a substantially level attitude relative to ground, and (d) is stationarily mounted at a particular location; and

(2) Class 254 provides for vehicle elevating apparatus otherwise proper therefor which either (a) elevates only one portion of the vehicle at a time, (b) is manually carried or moved as an assembled, self supporting unit between use locations and positioned under the vehicle, (c) lifts the entire vehicle only a relatively short distance (e.g., a small lever arm lifting less than the height of the vehicle) or (d) is attached to and travels with the vehicle.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

104, Railways,

44, for an automobile turntable combined with an elevator, and subclasses 127+ for a railway vehicle elevator. 137, Fluid Handling,

234.6, for a vehicle lift, vehicle guide, or vehicle support combined with a fluid supply means for the vehicle.

184, Lubrication,

1.5, for means used in emptying or filling a vehicle's crank case.

254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,

2+, 88, 89+, 94, 418+, and Dig. 9 for apparatus for lifting an entire vehicle a short distance.

414, Material or Article Handling,

233+, for a parking facility including one or more movable sites (i.e., a vehicle is transported by and also stored on the load support surface), and subclass 678 for a device having a support for a boat or land vehicle and means to lift and tilt the support.