ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,438, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to V-LOCKER AG (Dubendorf, Switzerland).
"Parking device more particularly for bicycles" was invented by Frido Stutz (Lufingen, Switzerland) and Daniel Turler (Boll, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking device, more particularly for bicycles, is provided with a housing structure (3) having at least one entry opening (25) and a paternoster (1) arranged therein having a plurality of boxes (2) for receiving the bicycles preferably individually and with a controllable conveying means (13). By means of said conveying means (13), the boxes (2), which are open to the front, can be moved in ...