Parking garage with increased capacity

Abstract

A garage has increased parking capacity for vehicles. A parking level has water filling the parking structure so that boats or floating platforms may fill the parking level. The only passageway needed is that which will accommodate the boats or platforms. Vehicles entering the garage are driven onto an endless belt and this belt drives the vehicle onto a platform having another endless belt. When exiting the vehicle's belt drives it off the platform to an exit area. Multiple levels accommodate even larger capacity garages. A computer can control entry, exit, and movement of the platforms to random locations and/or to elevators in multiple level garages.

1 . A parking garage comprising: 
 at least one structure filled with liquid;    a plurality of transporting devices that float on said liquid;    a source of power;    said transporting devices each connected to said source of power and each having a mechanism for moving said transporting devices along said liquid;    said structure having at least one entry and at least one exit for vehicles;    said one entry having a first moving mechanism for moving vehicles;    said one exit having a second moving mechanism for moving vehicles;    whereby a vehicle may be moved from said at least one entry by said first moving mechanism onto one of said plurality of transporting devices, and    whereby a vehicle may be moved from one of said plurality of transporting devices onto said second moving mechanism to said at least one exit.    
     
     
         2 . One parking garage of  claim 1  wherein said transporting device has an endless belt thereon.  
     
     
         3 . The parking garage of  claim 1  wherein said first moving mechanism and said second moving mechanism are endless belts.  
     
     
         4 . The parking garage of  claim 2  wherein said first moving mechanism and said second moving mechanism are endless belts.  
     
     
         5 . A parking garage having a plurality of levels comprising: 
 each of said plurality of levels filled with liquid;    each of said plurality of levels having a plurality of transporting devices that float on said liquid, a source of power, said transporting devices each connected to said source of power, and each having a mechanism for moving said transporting devices along said liquid;    a first level of said plurality of levels having at least one entry and at least one exit for vehicles, said one entry having a first moving mechanism for moving vehicles, said one exit having a second moving mechanism for moving vehicles;    whereby a vehicle may be moved from said at least one entry by said first moving mechanism onto one of said plurality of transporting devices;    and whereby a vehicle may be moved from one said plurality of transporting devices onto said second moving mechanism to said at least one exit;    at least one elevator for transporting vehicles from said first level to another selected level; and    at least another elevator for transporting vehicles from any level to said first level.    
     
     
         6 . The parking garage of  claim 5  wherein said transporting device has an endless belt thereon.  
     
     
         7 . The parking garage of  claim 5  wherein said first moving mechanism and said second moving mechanism are endless belts.  
     
     
         8 . The parking garage of  claim 6  wherein said first moving mechanism and said second moving mechanism are endless belts.