A parking brake mechanism for a motorcycle having a rear brake pedal which is to be depressed for applying a brake on a rear road wheel. An annular ratchet wheel is rigidly connected to the pivoted end of the rear brake pedal for simultaneous rotation therewith, and one or more pawls pivotally mounted within the ratchet wheel are spring biased into engagement with teeth formed on its inside surface. Normally, the pawls are held out of engagement with the ratchet teeth by a rotary cam ring. Upon ...

A heavy duty brake assembly including a caliper mounted on a housing in a position to bridge a brake disc, a pair of screws mounted on the housing, a bushing and a washer mounted on each of the screws, a notch formed in the periphery of each of the bushings intermediate the ends thereof, a self-adjusting repeatable retraction device mounted on each of the bushings for supporting the caliper, the device including a plastic sleeve mounted on each of the bushings, a pair of tabs formed in each of t...

A guide to assist a driver to park in an enclosure such as a residential garage. This includes a vertically depending lever which, when contacted by the bumper of the approaching vehicle, simultaneously actuates an audible and a visible signal to apprise the driver of his progress. The audible signal is a bell which is sounded by first cocking and then releasing a spring hammer. The visible signal is a rectangular reflector supported on a shaft which is cam operated to pivot through 90.degree. s...

The invention relates to one-time use parking cards for cashless parking for a predetermined period of time. The card bears a number of parameters of day of the week, date of the month, a.m. or p.m., and a clock-face-like pattern of hours and clock-face-like pattern of a certain number of minutes each, each of the parameters on the card being provided witih a pattern of at least 3 cuts defining a closed geometrical shape, the uncut portions of said shape holding such area in place, such cuts mak...

A parking stand for supporting an implement such as a front end loader when the implement is not in use including an extendable, elongated support leg pivotally secured near its upper end to a portion of the implement, a pin assembly for fixing the support leg in a plurality of extended positions, interlocking connection apparatus for retaining the support leg in its non-operative position and apparatus for limiting the pivotal movement of the elongated support leg.

A parking aid generates a signal when a vehicle approaches an obstacle, e.g., a garage wall, on which the parking aid is mounted. The distance of the vehicle to the obstacle, at which the aid will produce the optical and/or acoustical signal, can be adjustable or fixed.

A parking card having month, day and expiration time indicia and adapted to be hung securely in a car window. Each of said indicia being coated with a friable removable coating of a different color from the underlying section. Each of said friable removable coatings being overprinted with indicia corresponding to the indicia of the underprinted sections. The friable removable coating over the expiration times being overprinted with starting times earlier than said expiration times.

A device for inhibiting parking or travel on pavement, comprising an elongated barrier member that is hingedly affixed to a support bolted or otherwise securely attached to the pavement. The barrier member can be oriented in two positions, one which the barrier member is prone to allow traffic to pass thereover, and a second which the barrier member is essentially upright to inhibit travel. A brace extends between the barrier member and the support and resiliently retains the barrier member in t...

A parking system for vehicles is disclosed. The system includes a special sign that displays information about a particular parking space, a parking meter into which the displayed information is entered that accumulates parking information in accordance with the entered displayed information, and a terminal that receives and process the parking information accumulated by the parking meter.

Locking mechanisms for a hand-operated parking brake having an elongated pulling plunger at a free end of which is a manipulating handle and a locking member normally spring biased toward locking engagement with the plunger and provided with a hook adjacent to the handle so as to be clasped in the driver's palm together with the handle without any conscious effort when the handle is manipulated by the driver for being pulled, whereby the locking member is slightly pulled by the driver immediatel...