CA2209027A1 - Vehicle display platform - Google Patents
Vehicle display platformInfo
- Publication number
- CA2209027A1 CA2209027A1 CA 2209027 CA2209027A CA2209027A1 CA 2209027 A1 CA2209027 A1 CA 2209027A1 CA 2209027 CA2209027 CA 2209027 CA 2209027 A CA2209027 A CA 2209027A CA 2209027 A1 CA2209027 A1 CA 2209027A1
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- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- tracks
- platform
- frame
- vehicle
- wheels
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66F—HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
- B66F7/00—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts
- B66F7/22—Lifting frames, e.g. for lifting vehicles; Platform lifts with tiltable platforms
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
- A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
- A47F5/16—Platform-type show stands with flat, inclined, or curved upper surface
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- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Geology (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Structural Engineering (AREA)
- Vehicle Cleaning, Maintenance, Repair, Refitting, And Outriggers (AREA)
- Body Structure For Vehicles (AREA)
Abstract
A vehicle display platform includes a base with rollers, rotatable frame with extendible tracks, lifting arm with frameworks to support vehicle wheels, lifting mechanism, and rotating mechanism. The platform can be adjusted to any width with the help of guides and telescopic beams, and to any wheelbase with extendible tracks. The extendible tracks consist of telescopic supports and removable tracks. The telescopic supports have a leg which can be attached to the frame in various positions. The lifting arm can be secured on the frame by a finger. The vehicle display platform allows to position a vehicleat a desirable angle and height, and rotate it around the vertical axis.
Description
VEHICLE DISPLAY PLATFORM
This invention relates to vehicle display plalrGr.,.. In additlon to Its main purpose: displaying vehicles to potentisl customer~, the plafform can also be used for inspection, repair and maintenance of any vehicle.
Raisin~ vehicles on elevatin~ ramps is common. However, due to the structural charact~ristics of vehicles, they can not be driven on ramps with thean~le of elevation ~reater than 10~- 15~ (dependin~ on vehicle). Also len~th of the ramp is directly proportional to the hei~lht of elevation. As a con~vl!r~
ramps are usually twice as lon~ as the vehlclos they display. In addition, theseramps are not roeatable around vertical axis and, most Importantly, are not adjustable for hei~ht and an~le of elevation. Some examples of such ramps can i~found in United States Patent ff4,486,006 dated Dec. 4, 1984, ~ranted toFawdry fora "Self-levellin~ vehicle support arrangement", Un~ted State~s Patent ~ 4,445,665 dated May 1, 1984, ~ranted to Gray for "Vehicle servicin~
lin~, Unlted States Patent # 4,203,575 dated May 20, 1980, ~ranW to Johnson for "Hydraulic elevatin~ ramp". The use of such ramps for v~hlclo display is doubtful and protb."_l ~
The object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle display plafform with adjustable an~le of elevation on a si~nificant hei~ht, len~th of whlch does not surpass that of the vehicle it displays, and provides rotatlon ofthe vehicle around the vert~cal axis.
We have found that the purpose can be reached by providin~ a liftin~ arm with framework~ to support one pairof wheels. With the arm brou~ht down, the plafform has a small an01e of elevation and is easy to driv~
on. Once the vehlcle is on the plafform, It can be lifted to a desirable hei~ht and an~le by means of the arm's liftin~ mechanism. That way one palr of wheels (front or rear~ i5 lift~ffi by the arm, while the other remains on the already elevated stationaly part of the plafform. The displayed on the plafform vchiclo can then be put in rotation around the vertical axls by rotatin~
mechanism, or, in case of a stationary display, posltloned by hands in a desirable positlon.
In drawin~s which illustrate ~.~.bGdimsnts of the invention, Fi~ure 1 is a side view of the vehicle display plafform shown as it starts to pivot a vehicle to hi~her position.
Fl~ure 2 is a view si~.ilar to Fi~ure 1, but showin0 the plafform in lifted posltlon.
Fi~urc 3 is a plan view of the plafform without removable tracks.
Fi~ure 4 is a section of the llne IV- IV of Fi~ure 3.
Fi~ure 5 is a view similar to Fi~ure 4, but showin~ rear telescopic support in lowest position (le~ 16 is inslde the openin~ 21 of frame 3) and without removable track 30.
Fi~ure 6 is a perspective view of the removable track 30.
Fi~ure 7 Is a section of the line Vll- Vll of Fi~ure 3.
The present invention comprises of a base 1 with means 2 ~for example rollers) for turnin~ a frame 3, and a liftin~ arm 4 wlth lif~inQ mechanlsm 5 Front end of the arm 4 has frameworks 6 to support vehlcle wheels The frameworks 6 are telescopically drawn out from ~uldes 7 to provide required distance betw~n them (dependin~a on the width of the vehicle) The frameworks 6 can ix flxed in any position by cla ,~ 8 Tracks 9 are mounted on Quides 10, 11 and 12, and can be positioned accordinQ to the wldth of a vehicle and flxed with clamps 13 Telescopic SUppOftS 14 have stoppers 15, and le~s 16 movabh alon~ and around a bar 17 The lower ends of the le~s 16 can be fixed in Ji~,u_ ~t posltions with fin~ers 19 passln0 throuQh openinQs 18 located on the frame 3, and openin~s 20 located on the le~s 16 The le~ls 16 can also ix put in openin~s 21 inside the frame 3 and flxed with the fin~ers 19 throu~h openin~s 22 and 23 or openin~s 22 and 20 The telescopic supports 14 are drawn out from the tracks 9 by means of s~uides 24 and beams 25 enterin~ the ~uides 24 Brackets 26 and 27 hold and prevent a wheel 28 from rollin~ Locks 29 ensure the position of removable tracks 30 by means of an an~le 31 enterin~ the space between the locks 29 The rl n~v~ble tracks 30 have openin~s 32, so that they can be placed on top of the tracks 9; steps 33 ofthe removable tracks 30 position behveen steps 34 of the tracks 9 The littln~
mechanism 5 comprises of a hydraulic cylinder 35, one end of which is fixed on the arm 4 with a pivot 36 and the other on the frame 3 with a pivot 37, and ahandle 38 controllin~ work of the hydraulic cylinder 35 The arm 4 is also held by the frame 3 on the plvot 39 The positlon of the arm 4 can be secured by means of openin~s 40 of the frame 3 and a fin~er 41 The rotatin~ mechanism of the frame 3 compriso~; of an ~Icctrical motor 42, a reducer 43 and a driven wheel 44 rollin~ on an u, Dvable rin~ 45 attached to the base 1 The vehicle display pldUc.... works as followin~. First Is the adjugtment:
frameworks 6 and fracks 9 are adjusted to the width of the vehicle to be dlsplayed, and secured with the clamps 8 and 13. Next, the telescoplc supports 14 are adjusted to the wheelbase and secured by the le~ 16 and fin~er 19 in the openin~s 18 ~for lon~ wheelbase ~Fi51. 4)l, or the openinS~s 22~for short wheelbase ~Fi~. 5)1. After the adjustment is completed, the vehicle can be driven on the plafform (front wheels first or rear wheels flrst). One palr of wheels (front or rear) is held by the frameworks 6, the other is flxed in therear telescopic supports 14, bec~use the bracket 26 is si~niffcantiy hi~her thanthe lowest point of the wheel 28. (Since the angle of elevation of the tracks isless then 15~, such support is sufflcient to prevent rollin~.) Wlth the llftin~
mechanism 5 the plafform then lifts the vehicle to a desirable hei~ht. For extrasaf~ty ch~rsn position of the vehicl~ i5 secur~i by the fin~er 41 ~oin~
throu~h the openin~ 4û (Fi~. 7). The rotatin~ m~hanis can then be turned on.
This invention relates to vehicle display plalrGr.,.. In additlon to Its main purpose: displaying vehicles to potentisl customer~, the plafform can also be used for inspection, repair and maintenance of any vehicle.
Raisin~ vehicles on elevatin~ ramps is common. However, due to the structural charact~ristics of vehicles, they can not be driven on ramps with thean~le of elevation ~reater than 10~- 15~ (dependin~ on vehicle). Also len~th of the ramp is directly proportional to the hei~lht of elevation. As a con~vl!r~
ramps are usually twice as lon~ as the vehlclos they display. In addition, theseramps are not roeatable around vertical axis and, most Importantly, are not adjustable for hei~ht and an~le of elevation. Some examples of such ramps can i~found in United States Patent ff4,486,006 dated Dec. 4, 1984, ~ranted toFawdry fora "Self-levellin~ vehicle support arrangement", Un~ted State~s Patent ~ 4,445,665 dated May 1, 1984, ~ranted to Gray for "Vehicle servicin~
lin~, Unlted States Patent # 4,203,575 dated May 20, 1980, ~ranW to Johnson for "Hydraulic elevatin~ ramp". The use of such ramps for v~hlclo display is doubtful and protb."_l ~
The object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle display plafform with adjustable an~le of elevation on a si~nificant hei~ht, len~th of whlch does not surpass that of the vehicle it displays, and provides rotatlon ofthe vehicle around the vert~cal axis.
We have found that the purpose can be reached by providin~ a liftin~ arm with framework~ to support one pairof wheels. With the arm brou~ht down, the plafform has a small an01e of elevation and is easy to driv~
on. Once the vehlcle is on the plafform, It can be lifted to a desirable hei~ht and an~le by means of the arm's liftin~ mechanism. That way one palr of wheels (front or rear~ i5 lift~ffi by the arm, while the other remains on the already elevated stationaly part of the plafform. The displayed on the plafform vchiclo can then be put in rotation around the vertical axls by rotatin~
mechanism, or, in case of a stationary display, posltloned by hands in a desirable positlon.
In drawin~s which illustrate ~.~.bGdimsnts of the invention, Fi~ure 1 is a side view of the vehicle display plafform shown as it starts to pivot a vehicle to hi~her position.
Fl~ure 2 is a view si~.ilar to Fi~ure 1, but showin0 the plafform in lifted posltlon.
Fi~urc 3 is a plan view of the plafform without removable tracks.
Fi~ure 4 is a section of the llne IV- IV of Fi~ure 3.
Fi~ure 5 is a view similar to Fi~ure 4, but showin~ rear telescopic support in lowest position (le~ 16 is inslde the openin~ 21 of frame 3) and without removable track 30.
Fi~ure 6 is a perspective view of the removable track 30.
Fi~ure 7 Is a section of the line Vll- Vll of Fi~ure 3.
The present invention comprises of a base 1 with means 2 ~for example rollers) for turnin~ a frame 3, and a liftin~ arm 4 wlth lif~inQ mechanlsm 5 Front end of the arm 4 has frameworks 6 to support vehlcle wheels The frameworks 6 are telescopically drawn out from ~uldes 7 to provide required distance betw~n them (dependin~a on the width of the vehicle) The frameworks 6 can ix flxed in any position by cla ,~ 8 Tracks 9 are mounted on Quides 10, 11 and 12, and can be positioned accordinQ to the wldth of a vehicle and flxed with clamps 13 Telescopic SUppOftS 14 have stoppers 15, and le~s 16 movabh alon~ and around a bar 17 The lower ends of the le~s 16 can be fixed in Ji~,u_ ~t posltions with fin~ers 19 passln0 throuQh openinQs 18 located on the frame 3, and openin~s 20 located on the le~s 16 The le~ls 16 can also ix put in openin~s 21 inside the frame 3 and flxed with the fin~ers 19 throu~h openin~s 22 and 23 or openin~s 22 and 20 The telescopic supports 14 are drawn out from the tracks 9 by means of s~uides 24 and beams 25 enterin~ the ~uides 24 Brackets 26 and 27 hold and prevent a wheel 28 from rollin~ Locks 29 ensure the position of removable tracks 30 by means of an an~le 31 enterin~ the space between the locks 29 The rl n~v~ble tracks 30 have openin~s 32, so that they can be placed on top of the tracks 9; steps 33 ofthe removable tracks 30 position behveen steps 34 of the tracks 9 The littln~
mechanism 5 comprises of a hydraulic cylinder 35, one end of which is fixed on the arm 4 with a pivot 36 and the other on the frame 3 with a pivot 37, and ahandle 38 controllin~ work of the hydraulic cylinder 35 The arm 4 is also held by the frame 3 on the plvot 39 The positlon of the arm 4 can be secured by means of openin~s 40 of the frame 3 and a fin~er 41 The rotatin~ mechanism of the frame 3 compriso~; of an ~Icctrical motor 42, a reducer 43 and a driven wheel 44 rollin~ on an u, Dvable rin~ 45 attached to the base 1 The vehicle display pldUc.... works as followin~. First Is the adjugtment:
frameworks 6 and fracks 9 are adjusted to the width of the vehicle to be dlsplayed, and secured with the clamps 8 and 13. Next, the telescoplc supports 14 are adjusted to the wheelbase and secured by the le~ 16 and fin~er 19 in the openin~s 18 ~for lon~ wheelbase ~Fi51. 4)l, or the openinS~s 22~for short wheelbase ~Fi~. 5)1. After the adjustment is completed, the vehicle can be driven on the plafform (front wheels first or rear wheels flrst). One palr of wheels (front or rear) is held by the frameworks 6, the other is flxed in therear telescopic supports 14, bec~use the bracket 26 is si~niffcantiy hi~her thanthe lowest point of the wheel 28. (Since the angle of elevation of the tracks isless then 15~, such support is sufflcient to prevent rollin~.) Wlth the llftin~
mechanism 5 the plafform then lifts the vehicle to a desirable hei~ht. For extrasaf~ty ch~rsn position of the vehicl~ i5 secur~i by the fin~er 41 ~oin~
throu~h the openin~ 4û (Fi~. 7). The rotatin~ m~hanis can then be turned on.
Claims (14)
1. A vehicle display platform comprising a frame; tracks mounted on the frame; lifting arm with front frameworks to support wheels of a vehicle, and lifting mechanism.
2. A platform as defined in claim 1, wherein the tracks have rear telescopic supports for fixing wheels of a vehicle.
3. A platform as defined in claim 1 or 2, wherein the frame is mounted on means providing rotation of the frame around vertical axis.
4. A platform as defined in claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the rear telescopic supports have legs movable on bars attached to the telescopic supports.
5. A platform as defined in claim 4, wherein the lower end of the legs can be attached to the frame in a required position by means for fixation.
6. A platform as defined in claim 5, wherein the legs can be located inside an opening of the frame and fixed in it by means for fixation.
7. A platform as defined in claim 5 or 6, wherein the means for fixation are an opening on the legs and the frame and a finger passing through these openings.
8. A platform as defined in claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, wherein the tracks and the front frameworks for wheels have means for adjustment to a required width.
9. A platform as defined in claim 8, wherein the means for adjustment of the tracks to a required width are guides and the means for adjustment of the front frameworks for wheels are telescopic beams.
10. A platform as defined in claims 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, wherein the means for extension of the tracks to a required length are the rear telescopic supports.
11. A platform as defined in claim 10, wherein the means for extension of the tracks are removable tracks.
12. A platform as defined in claim 10, wherein the removable tracks are fixed onthe rear telescopic support by a lock.
13. A platform as defined in claim 10, wherein the removable tracks have openings and steps, and stationary tracks have steps with the same pitch as the removable tracks.
14. A platform as defined in claims 10, 11, 12, 13, wherein the frame is rotatedby a rotating mechanism.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA 2209027 CA2209027A1 (en) | 1997-07-14 | 1997-07-14 | Vehicle display platform |
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| CA 2209027 CA2209027A1 (en) | 1997-07-14 | 1997-07-14 | Vehicle display platform |
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Cited By (6)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2350348A (en) * | 1999-04-30 | 2000-11-29 | Mark Philip Dugdale | Display apparatus for a heavy object |
| EP1440634A1 (en) * | 2003-01-23 | 2004-07-28 | Gerhardus Henricus Maria Albers | Display table |
| CN104444939A (en) * | 2014-12-26 | 2015-03-25 | 徐学翠 | Large truck checking system |
| CN106617989A (en) * | 2017-01-03 | 2017-05-10 | 重庆电子工程职业学院 | Automobile marketing dynamic display platform |
| CN114246439A (en) * | 2021-12-24 | 2022-03-29 | 信阳师范学院 | A work display positioning device based on visual communication design |
| WO2025032558A1 (en) * | 2023-08-10 | 2025-02-13 | Tannhaeuser Gunter | Display ramp for the exhibition of vehicles |
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1997
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Cited By (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2350348A (en) * | 1999-04-30 | 2000-11-29 | Mark Philip Dugdale | Display apparatus for a heavy object |
| GB2350348B (en) * | 1999-04-30 | 2003-06-18 | Mark Philip Dugdale | Display apparatus for a heavy object |
| EP1440634A1 (en) * | 2003-01-23 | 2004-07-28 | Gerhardus Henricus Maria Albers | Display table |
| CN104444939A (en) * | 2014-12-26 | 2015-03-25 | 徐学翠 | Large truck checking system |
| CN106617989A (en) * | 2017-01-03 | 2017-05-10 | 重庆电子工程职业学院 | Automobile marketing dynamic display platform |
| CN114246439A (en) * | 2021-12-24 | 2022-03-29 | 信阳师范学院 | A work display positioning device based on visual communication design |
| WO2025032558A1 (en) * | 2023-08-10 | 2025-02-13 | Tannhaeuser Gunter | Display ramp for the exhibition of vehicles |
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