Ticket for designating vehicle parking location

• US 5,190,319 A
• Filed: 10/01/1991
• Issued: 03/02/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ronald A. Sandler
• Original Assignee: Ronald A. Sandler
• Inventors: Sandler, Ronald A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bell, Paul A.
• Application Number:
  US07/769,444
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 283/70, 283/102, 283/67, 283/117, 283/114, 283/74
• US Class Current: 283/102
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 1/30 Parking meters registering or indicating waiting time of vehicles by means driven by the vehicle G07C5/02; coin-freed parking meters G07F17/24

Abstract

A device for uniquely recording a vehicle parking lot location including a printed card identifying a parking location having a plurality of parking areas. A like plurality of characters are on the printed card with at least one character representing a corresponding one of the plurality of parking areas. A friable removable mask covering is associated with each character such that the friable mask is easily removed from over the character designating a particular parking area in which a vehicle is parked.

Claims

1. A device for easily recording a vehicle parking location in a parking facility comprising:

a printed card having indicia in a plurality of rows and columns for identifying a parking location;

a first unique pictorial representation for each row of indicia to represent one of a first plurality of unique parking features identifying where the vehicle is parked such as a parking lot on one of the sides of a building;

a second unique pictorial representation for each column of indicia to represent one of a second plurality of unique parking features identifying where the vehicle is parked such as a particular area in the parking lot on one of the sides of a building designated by one of the first row indicia; and

a friable removable mask covering associated with each indicia in the rows and columns such that the friable mask is easily removed from the location at the intersection of a row wherein one of the first unique parking features is represented by one of the first unique pictorial representations and a column wherein one of the second unique parking features is represented by one of the second unique pictorial representations to specifically identify the vehicle parking location.

2. A method for easily recording a vehicle parking location in a parking facility comprising the steps of:

printing a card having indicia in a plurality or rows and columns for identifying a parking location;

providing a first unique pictorial representation for each row of indicia to represent one of a first plurality of unique parking features identifying where the vehicle is parked such as a parking lot on one of the sides of a building;

providing a second unique pictorial representation for each column of indicia to represent one of a second plurality of unique parking features identifying where the vehicle is parked such as a particular area in the parking lot on one of the sides of a building designated by one of the first row indicia; and

associating a friable removable mask with each indicia in the rows and columns such that the friable mask is easily removed from the location at the intersection of a row wherein one of the first unique parking features is represented by one of the first unique pictorial representations and a column wherein one of the second unique parking features is represented by one of the second unique pictorial representations to identify the vehicle parking location.