Parking post

摘要

A parking post capable of assuming retracted and protracted conformations includes a post moiety including an essentially elongated hollow body and a locking mechanism, adapted to secure the post in the protracted conformation. The parking post includes a pedestal moiety, including top and bottom frames, a housing connected to the top frame, at least two pulleys adapted to receive a string, at least two plummets vertically translatable within the pedestal moiety, the collective weight of which somewhat exceeds the weight of the post moiety. Strings are threaded onto the pulleys and interconnect the plummets with the jogs on the post moiety. An actuation mechanism is used to secure the parking post in the retracted and protracted conformations.

主权项

1. A parking post mechanism capable of assuming retracted and protracted conformations, comprising:
(a) a post moiety, comprising:
(I) an essentially elongated hollow body;(II) a locking mechanism, disposed within said body, said locking mechanism is adapted to secure said post in said protracted conformation; wherein said locking mechanism comprises:
(i) a cylinder, wherein said cylinder comprises a sprocket furnished with cogs;(ii) a yoke pivotally mounted inside said body, and(III) a striker operationally connected to said yoke;(III) at least two jogs extending from the bottom of said body;(IV) at least two apertures in said body; (b) a pedestal moiety, comprising:
(I) top and bottom frames;(II) a housing connected to said top frame, used as a guiding means for conferring a translation said post moiety essentially paralleling thereto;(III) enclosure plates interconnected by ribs to said housing;(IV) a plurality of rollers, disposed in-between said housing and said post moiety; facilitate a smooth translation of said post moiety relatively to said housing; (c) at least two pulleys disposed on said housing, wherein each of said pulleys is adapted to receive a string; (d) at least two plummets, vertically translatable within said pedestal moiety; wherein the collective weight of said plummets is predefined to somewhat exceed the weight of said post moiety; (e) at least two strings, threaded onto said at least two pulleys and respectively interconnecting said plummets with said jogs of said post moiety; (f) an actuation mechanism, used to secure the mechanism of the parking post in said retracted and protracted conformations, comprising:
(I) a pedal pivotally connected to said top frame;(II) a slanted element having an elongated oval aperture therein affixed to the bottom face of said pedal;(III) a striker operationally connected to said slanted element, said striker is inserted through a respective aperture in said housing into said at least two apertures in said body.