US PATENT SUBCLASS 414 / 253
.~ With means to transfer, or facilitate transfer of, vehicle from carrier to site or vice versa

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414 /   HD   MATERIAL OR ARTICLE HANDLING

227  DF  APPARATUS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING A FACILITY COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SITES FOR THE PARKING OF WHEELED VEHICLES {7}
253.~ With means to transfer, or facilitate transfer of, vehicle from carrier to site or vice versa {5}
254  DF  .~.~> Including sets of intermeshing support elements having relative vertical movement
255  DF  .~.~> By exerting upward, in addition to generally horizontal, force {1}
257  DF  .~.~> Complementary, driven, vehicle-supporting conveyors on carrier and site
258  DF  .~.~> Tiltable or inclined means for supporting vehicle on carrier or site
259  DF  .~.~> By exerting generally horizontal force {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 414/253

With means to transfer, or facilitate transfer of, vehicle from carrier to site or vice versa:

(under subclass 227) Apparatus wherein means is provided to move a vehicle from a carrier to a site or from a site to a carrier, or, in the alternative, a means which does not in itself accomplish the movement of the vehicle, but which enables such movement to be performed more easily, more readily, etc.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

241, for means to transfer a vehicle to or from a movable site wherein the site comprises a supporting member which receives and stays with a particular vehicle.

243, for means to transfer a vehicle to or from a movable site, which site is on an initial, receiving, driven carrier, and wherein the means is located at the entrance to the facility, externally of the carrier.