US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 234
.~.~ Vehicle assigned to particular supporting member (e.g., platform, dolly, cage, etc.) having some degree of independence either as to means, time, or direction of movement

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227  DF  APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING A FACILITY COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SITES FOR THE PARKING OF WHEELED VEHICLES {7}
233  DF  .~ Including one or more movable sites {2}
234.~.~ Vehicle assigned to particular supporting member (e.g., platform, dolly, cage, etc.) having some degree of independence either as to means, time, or direction of movement {4}
235  DF  .~.~.~> Supporting member separable from endless, member-transporting carrier, or disengageable from endless drive means, and movable away therefrom for receiving, discharging, or storing vehicle
236  DF  .~.~.~> Plurality of supporting members moved in recirculating fashion by succession of driving devices {1}
239  DF  .~.~.~> One or more separate supporting members and means to impart independent, linear or partly linear, movement thereto {1}
241  DF  .~.~.~> With means to transfer vehicle to or from supporting member

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/234

Vehicle assigned to particular supporting member (e.g.,., platform, dolly, cage, etc.) having some degree of independence either as to means, time or direction of movement:

(under subclass 233) Apparatus wherein a movable site comprises a member which receives one vehicle and forms the supporting element on which it rests during all or a predominant portion of its stay in or at the facility, and which member exhibits a degree of independence, as evidenced, for instance, by (a) being carried by a transporting device, or driven by an external means, but being separable or detachable from either one to follow another path or remain stationary, (b) having its own drive means and moving independently in a prescribed path or at random or remaining at rest, or (c) otherwise exhibiting a degree of independence of time or direction of movement.

(1) Note. A separate supporting member of the kind contemplated by subclass 239 below, but intended for manual movement and therefore lacking the drive means required for that subclass (239), is found here.