Modular system for producing a parking deck

Abstract

A modular system for producing a parking deck (2, 8) elevated above a horizontal, flat free surface or above a car park (18) as a base surface, comprising foot elements (24) which are designed to be placed on the base surface (18) as an intended arrangement, and a parking deck surface module (4) which is designed to be assembled together with at least one identical parking deck surface module and to be detachably secured together such that the parking deck surfaces (12) of the parking deck surface modules assembled together in the intended arrangement continue on from one another horizontally in the form of a parking deck and form parking deck total surface, and comprising structure elements for a first structure, which is designed to support the parking deck surface modules in the intended arrangement on the foot elements and to maintain the horizontal alignment in the intended arrangement over the base surface (18), wherein the foot elements (24) have at least one frame element which is designed to be assembled together with at least one identical or other of the frame elements and to be detachably secured together in such a way that, when assembled in the intended arrangement, they form a peripheral frame (24a-c) which runs on the base surface and under the outer edge of the parking deck total surface formed by the assembled parking deck surface modules, and wherein the system is thereby designed such that, in the intended arrangement, a parking deck is formed on a peripheral frame, raised above the base surface (18).

Description

[0001] Modular system for constructing a parking deck

[0002] The present invention relates to a modular system for the construction of a parking deck.

[0003] As is well known, parking lots, either in open spaces or in parking garages, are used to park automobiles.

[0004] In many places, parking spaces are needed more than are available. Providing temporary parking is often particularly problematic for events with limited duration. For example, overcrowded visitor parking lots at tourist attractions during holiday periods are a common example of such a seasonal demand. Even for single events like music festivals, entire meadows are temporarily opened as additional parking areas to supplement local parking – and yet these are often still insufficient. Furthermore, the ground is often too soft to withstand the traffic load, especially in wet weather.

[0005] The present invention is based on the objective of creating a parking facility that is flexible in its use. This objective is achieved by a system for constructing a parking deck system with the features of claim 1. Preferred embodiments are specified in the dependent claims.

[0006] The invention relates to a modular system for producing a parking deck, with at least two "roadway" surface elements for cars, namely a parking deck surface module and a ramp surface module, of which any number can be combined to create an elevated parking area.

[0007] The parking deck modules are parking deck surface elements mounted on a first frame or scaffold, which can be aligned and thus complete the overall parking area. The ramp surface modules (either forming a complete ramp on their own or composed of several) create an access and / or exit surface, which in turn is supported by a frame or scaffold in such a way that it leads from a substantially level open or ground surface, on which the system according to the invention is intended to be erected, up to the parking deck surface.

[0008] This system offers several advantages: the modules can be designed so that sufficient height is available under the raised parking deck surface (at least in some areas) to allow cars to be parked underneath and to provide people with access to their vehicles. It is particularly advantageous for the frames of the modules under which parking is to take place to have passageways that are sufficiently wide and high for cars. These passageways are then preferably arranged in the frames so that, when the edges of the parking deck elements are properly aligned, the passageways are flush with each other.

[0009] The open spaces on which the system according to the invention is to be set up (according to the invention, also on an "open space" in a room such as a large hall) can be existing parking lots where a second level, so to speak a second layer, is to be provided as parking space. Or the open space is, for example, a meadow located near an event venue that is to be spared traffic loads but is nevertheless to serve as a parking area.

[0010] According to the invention, the frames therefore have base elements, preferably with large, horizontally downward-oriented contact surfaces, which do not sink into soft ground, because the load to be transferred from the base element to the ground is distributed over a larger area. The frames can also have height-adjustable devices (especially in the area of ​​these base elements) that compensate for unevenness or slight inclines and declines in the open area so that the total surface of the parking deck formed by the system is horizontal or (albeit with a slight slope) perfectly level.

[0011] According to the invention, the foot elements include at least one frame element which is designed to be connectable and detachably fastened to at least one identical or other frame element in such a way that, when connected to one another in the intended arrangement, they form a circumferential frame. This then extends

[0012] - on the open space or ground area (on which the parking deck is to be built) and

[0013] - below the outer edge of the total parking deck area formed by the adjoining parking deck modules.

[0014] In this way, the system is set up to form a parking deck on a surrounding frame, raised above the ground level, in its intended configuration.

[0015] A modular system according to the invention is a system of elements and modules that are coordinated with one another in order to be assembled and connected, wherein the system according to the invention comprises at least the surface modules mentioned so far. However, further elements and modules or groups can also be provided, such as surface modules with parking deck areas or ramp areas of a different shape with an outer contour, in particular in terms of length or width, or canopies, elevators, pedestrian stairs, ticket booths, barriers, monitoring systems such as video systems, but also other electronic systems, such as one that determines which parking spaces are occupied on the parking deck area constructed according to the invention by means of load control.

[0016] Specifically, the parking deck module according to the invention is designed to be placed, in its intended arrangement, on base elements on a preferably horizontal and level open area (for example, made of asphalt and / or gravel and / or compacted soil and / or grass). The parking deck thus consists of several (identical) examples of a parking deck surface module, which, in its intended arrangement on a preferably horizontal and level open area, are supported and held horizontally by a frame standing on the base elements. The at least one parking deck surface module is therefore designed to be connectable and detachably fastened to other identical (or other) parking deck surface modules in such a way that the parking deck surfaces of the connected parking deck modules continue horizontally at the same height as a parking deck.

[0017] Furthermore, the system according to the invention comprises at least one additional module, namely a ramp surface module, which, in its intended arrangement, is designed to be placed on scaffolding or frame elements (for a second scaffold – namely for a ramp), and these in turn on base elements on a preferably horizontal and level open area (for example, made of asphalt and / or gravel and / or compacted soil and / or grass). In its intended arrangement on a level open area, the ramp surface module is supported by the second scaffold on the base elements and is inclined, and preferably level, with a gradient (namely constant or also staggered in certain areas – for example, with horizontal intermediate steps or simply non-linear or continuous) that extends from a lower ramp edge below the level of the parking deck to an upper ramp edge at the level of the parking deck.The ramp surface module is designed to be connectable and detachably fastened to one of the parking deck surface modules in such a way that the ramp surface, with its upper edge at the parking deck surface of the attached parking deck surface module, continues the parking deck surface sloping downwards. A circumferential frame can be formed under the outer edge of the entire ramp surface from the at least one frame element belonging to the base elements according to the invention, on which the second frame then supports the at least one ramp surface module and holds it in the intended arrangement.

[0018] The system particularly favors a rectangular basic structure: the parking deck area of ​​the parking deck module is then rectangular, and at least the upper edge of the ramp module is straight (or the entire ramp area is rectangular). This allows any number of parking deck modules from the system to be joined together like tiles to form the total elevated parking deck area.

[0019] Particularly preferred are the parking deck areas arranged in the intended configuration along one entire edge length of a long side of their parking deck area, thus forming a rectangular total parking deck area, whereby the surrounding frame under the outer edge of the total parking deck area is also rectangular.

[0020] The system according to the invention is set up in such a way as to form a rectangular parking deck on a rectangular surrounding frame raised above the ground surface in the intended arrangement.

[0021] Preferably, the module width is less than 2.5 m or less than the limit of the permissible width of a road vehicle to allow for road transport without a permit. However, the module width can also be less than 4 m or less than the limit for transports of that width with simplified permitting procedures or requiring a less complex escort vehicle fleet.

[0022] The modules particularly favorably feature railing elements along the edges of traffic areas supported by the frame (such as the parking deck area or the ramp area), which can be removed especially where these areas are to be joined together to form a larger overall traffic area.

[0023] Further aspects, features, and technical advantages of the invention are described below with reference to the figures. The figure shows an embodiment of the invention in which the features depicted therein and described here are also in accordance with the invention individually, independently of the respective illustrated embodiment – ​​namely, the

[0024] Fig. 1 shows a schematic spatial view of an arrangement of elements of the system according to the invention with three parking deck surface modules and one ramp surface module, and Fig. 2 shows a schematic spatial view of an alternative arrangement of elements of the system according to the invention with only three parking deck surface modules of the system according to the invention.

[0025] Fig. 1 shows a parking deck arrangement 2, manufactured from a modular system which has two modules for the production of parking decks of any size, namely a parking deck area module 4 and a ramp area module 6, of which any number can be combined to form an elevated parking area 8.

[0026] The three examples of the single parking deck module 4 (used for the depicted size of parking space 8) are rectangular parking deck elements 4 mounted on a first frame 10 (of which only the supporting horizontal beams are shown, but not the planking, i.e. the roadway or traffic area itself), which can be aligned (in the format like tiles in a bathroom or, as shown, arranged in a row in a rectangular shape) and thus complete the rectangular parking area 8 (of which only the supporting horizontal beams are shown, but not the planking, i.e. the roadway or traffic area itself).The ramp surface module 6 forms (even in this configuration not further subdivided into individual modules, but rather a whole ramp formed by one module 6) an ascent and descent surface 14 (of which only the supporting horizontal beams are shown, but not the planking, i.e. the roadway or traffic surface itself), which in turn is held by a second frame 16 in such a way that it leads from a substantially level open area 18, in this case an asphalted parking lot 18, up to the parking deck surface 8.

[0027] Modules 4 are designed so that sufficient height is available under the raised parking deck 8 to allow cars to park below in the parking area 18 and to provide people with access to their cars there as well. It can be seen that the frames 10 of Modules 4, under which parking is also to take place, have a passage opening 20 that is sufficiently wide and high for cars.

[0028] The racks 10 have height-adjustable devices in the area of ​​their foot elements 24 (not shown) which compensate for unevenness or slight inclines and declines in the open area 18 so that the total area 8 of the parking deck 8 is horizontal or with a slight incline but level.

[0029] In the illustrated configuration, a small additional module 26 complements the two modules 4 and 6 described so far, namely a small wedge-shaped module 26, which leads down from the starting height of the lower edge 28 of the ramp surface 14 to the open area 18 of the existing parking lot 18. It is positively connected (not shown) to the lower edge of the ramp surface 14.

[0030] Specifically, the parking deck module 4 is designed to be placed, in the intended arrangement shown, on the base elements 24 on a preferably horizontal and level open area made of asphalt 18 and / or gravel and / or compacted soil and / or grass (not shown). The parking deck module 4 has the parking deck area 12, which, in the intended arrangement of the parking deck module, is supported and held horizontally by the frame 10 on the base elements 24 (which can be supplemented for soft ground by base modules (not shown) with a horizontally downward-facing standing surface of at least 20 cm x 20 cm - not shown).And the parking deck module 4 is designed to be joined to an identical or different parking deck module in such a way that the parking deck surfaces 12 of the joined parking deck surface modules 4 continue horizontally at the same height as a parking deck as shown.

[0031] Furthermore, the system comprises at least one additional module 6, namely the ramp surface module 6, which is designed to be placed, in the intended arrangement shown, on the base elements 24 on a preferably horizontal and level open area made of asphalt 18 and / or gravel and / or compacted soil and / or grass (not shown). The ramp surface module 6 has the ramp surface 14, which, in the intended arrangement of the ramp module, is supported by the frame 16 standing on the base elements 24 and is held at a sloping level with a constant gradient, extending from the lower ramp edge 28 below the level of the parking deck to an upper ramp edge 29 at the level of the parking deck 8.And the ramp surface module 6 is designed to be placed next to and detachably attached to one of the parking deck surface modules 4 in such a way that the ramp surface 14, with its upper edge at the parking deck surface 12 of the attached parking deck surface module 6, continues the parking deck surface 8 sloping downwards.

[0032] A particularly advantageous feature of the system is its rectangular basic structure: the parking deck area 12 of each parking deck module 4 is rectangular, and the ramp area 14 of the ramp module 6 is also rectangular. This allows any number of parking deck modules of the system to be arranged like tiles in a grid or, as shown, simply in a row to form the raised parking deck area 8. It is evident that the framework 10 of the parking deck module 4 spans a cuboid space, and the framework 16 of the ramp module 6 spans a wedge-shaped space with a rectangular base.

[0033] Both total areas, the rectangular parking deck area 8 and the ramp area 14, are each supported by base elements 24, which form a surrounding frame: made of frame elements that are designed to be joined and attached to one another in such a way as to be detachable and fixed to one another in the intended arrangement, so that when joined together they form a surrounding frame which

[0034] - on a base area of ​​18 and

[0035] - runs under the outer edge of the total parking deck area 12 formed by the adjoining parking deck modules 4 (or the total ramp area 14 formed by the adjoining ramp modules 6).

[0036] The system is set up in this way, in the intended arrangement to form ramps 14 and rectangular parking decks 8, each on a frame 24 extending under their overall outer edge, raised above the base area (18).

[0037] The frame elements include a corner element 24a (a total of eight are used, one at each frame corner shown), a long side element 24b (one is used on each long side) and a short side element 24c (two are used on each of the two short sides of the frame under the parking deck 8 in Fig. 1).

[0038] As an alternative to the parking deck 8 described in Fig. 1 with its surrounding frame 24a-c, Fig. 2 (shown without the ramp for clarity and with a railing element 30 mounted there instead (29)) shows that, in addition to the surrounding frame 24a-c, further foot elements 24 are arranged parallel to the longitudinal side elements 24b under the adjacent longitudinal edges of the parking deck modules 4: from the center of each of the short side elements 24c, an intermediate element 24d extends horizontally at right angles into the frame. The opposing intermediate elements 24d are then connected to each other (also parallel to the longitudinal side elements 24b) by a tension member 24e, such as a flat steel band or a cable. In the alternative configuration according to Fig. 1, such a tension member 24e is found only (without intermediate element 24d) directly between the short side elements 24c.On these frames 24a-c, and in Figure 2 on the intermediate elements 24d, stands the framework of the first frame 16 with columns and cross-sections of the columns.

[0039] The width of modules 4, 6, 26 does not exceed 2.5 m and therefore remains within the limit of the permissible width of a road vehicle in Germany to allow road transport without approval.

[0040] Modules 4 and 6, along the edge areas 22 of the traffic areas supported by the frame (namely the parking deck areas 12 and the ramp area 14), particularly advantageously feature railing elements 30 as vertical parapets that can be removed - and have been removed where these areas 12 and 14 had to be joined together to form the large, entire traffic area 8 (approximately at the upper end 29 of the ramp area 14).

[0041] Reference symbol list

[0042] 2 parking deck layout

[0043] 4 parking deck modules

[0044] 6 ramp area module

[0045] 8 elevated parking spaces

[0046] 10 first frame (of the parking deck module)

[0047] 12 parking deck areas

[0048] 14 ramp area

[0049] 16 second frame (of the ramp surface module)

[0050] 18 Floor area

[0051] 20 Passage opening

[0052] 22 edges of the parking deck modules

[0053] 24 foot element

[0054] 24a Corner element

[0055] 24b Longitudinal side element

[0056] 24c short page element

[0057] 24d intermediate element

[0058] 24e Tension beam, flat steel strip or rope

[0059] 26 wedge-shaped module

[0060] 28 lower edge of the ramp surface

[0061] 29 upper edge of the ramp surface

[0062] 30 railing elements

Claims

Patent claims 1. Modular system for constructing a parking deck (2, 8) raised above a horizontal, level open space or above a parking area (18) as a base, with - Foot elements (24) which are designed to be placed on the base (18) as their intended arrangement, and - a parking deck area module (4) which is designed to be connectable and detachably fastened to at least one identical parking deck area module in such a way that the parking deck areas (12) of the parking deck area modules connected in the intended arrangement continue horizontally to each other as a parking deck and form a total parking deck area, and with - Scaffolding elements for a first scaffold, which is designed to support the parking deck modules in the intended arrangement on the base elements and to hold them horizontally above the base (18) in the intended arrangement, wherein the base elements (24) have at least one frame element (24a-c) which is designed to be connectable and detachably fastened to at least one identical or other frame element in such a way that, when connected to each other in the intended arrangement, they form a circumferential frame (24a-c) which - on the base area and - runs under the outer edge of the total parking deck area formed by the adjoining parking deck modules and wherein the system is set up in this way to form a parking deck (8) on a surrounding frame (24a-c) raised above the base area (18) in the intended arrangement.

2. System according to claim 1, wherein - the parking deck area (12) of the parking deck area module (4) is rectangular and - the parking deck areas are arranged in the intended configuration along one entire edge length of a long side of their parking deck area, thus forming a rectangular total parking deck area, whereby also the the perimeter frame under the outer edge of the total parking deck area is rectangular and the system is set up in this way to form a rectangular parking deck on a rectangular perimeter frame (24a-c) raised above the base area (18) in the intended arrangement.

3. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the elements of the system are arranged to join several of the parking decks thus formed, raised on a circumferential frame, in a suitable arrangement, namely along an outer edge section of its total parking deck area as an attachment edge to the next parking deck, and to detachably fasten them to one another, - so that the total parking deck areas of the parking decks placed next to each other in this intended arrangement continue horizontally in one plane, or - so that a ramp-Z intermediate surface between these outer edge sections creates a height difference between the adjoining total parking deck areas.

4. System according to one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one ramp surface module (6) - with a ramp surface to form a total ramp surface (14), which in the intended arrangement is kept flat and inclined with a gradient extending from a lower ramp edge (28) below the level of the parking deck (8) to an upper ramp edge (29) at the level of the parking deck (8), and - which is designed to be connectable and detachable to at least one of the parking deck modules (4) in such a way that the total ramp area, with its upper edge (29) on the parking deck surface (12) of the attached parking deck module, continues this parking deck surface sloping downwards, and with - Scaffolding elements for a second scaffold, which, in its intended arrangement, stands on one of the frames formed by the base elements and encircling below the outer edge of the total ramp area (14), supports and holds the at least one ramp area module (6) in its intended arrangement. and is set up in such a way as to form a ramp on a surrounding frame, leading to the raised parking deck.

5. System according to the preceding claim, wherein in the intended arrangement the total ramp area is formed by the ramp areas of more than one ramp area module (6) placed next to each other.

6. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein in the intended arrangement the first scaffold (10) has at least one passage opening (20) with dimensions that correspond to standardized limit values.

7. System according to the preceding claim, wherein several of the passage openings are aligned with each other.

8. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the width of the parking deck area module and the ramp area module is not greater than 2.5 m or a standardized limit for permit-free road transport or 4 m or a standardized limit for road transport with simplified permit and / or simplified conditions.

9. System according to one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one railing element (30) which is arranged to be fixedly and removably fastened as a parapet in the intended arrangement along edge areas (22) of the total parking deck area and the total ramp area.

10. System according to the two preceding claims, wherein the at least one railing element (30) is arranged in the intended configuration along edge areas (22) of the total ramp area as a parapet, to widen the width of the ramp between these railing elements attached there to 2.75 m.

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