Vehicle stand
The disclosed vehicle stands have a base, a top plate, and a mechanical stop on the top plate that hold a vehicle in a secure, suspended position above a surface, such as the ground or a floor. The top plate can be removable from the base. The base has two legs that extend away from the top plate. The top plate can be flat or contoured to compliment a shape of a vehicle resting upon it. The top plate can include additional securing elements, such as a friction that on a surface that contacts a suspended vehicle and a locking mechanism that attaches to the suspended vehicle. Multiple vehicle stands can be used together. Two of the multiple stands can be connected by a cross-bar that extends under the vehicle as it is suspended above the surface by the two respective top plates.
1 . A vehicle stand system comprising:
a base including a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg each spaced apart from one another; and
a platform coupled to the base, the platform including a top surface, a first end with a first end face, an opposite second end with a second end face, and a main body portion extending along a horizontal axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end of the platform includes a mechanical stop extending upwardly from the top surface to the first end face, wherein the second end of the platform is substantially planar and extends along the horizontal axis in alignment with the main body portion, and wherein the second end face is substantially orthogonal relative to the horizontal axis and the top surface of the platform, the second end face of the second end vertically offset from the first end face of the first end,
wherein the first leg and the second leg are positioned underneath a first portion of the platform at or adjacent the first end and the third leg is positioned underneath a second portion of the platform at or adjacent the second end.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the first leg and the second leg are arranged in an A-frame configuration.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the platform is coupled directly to each of the first leg, the second leg, and the third leg.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the mechanical stop is a planar or contoured plate that extends upwardly from the platform at an angle.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the angle is an obtuse angle.
6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the angle is a right angle.
7 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a friction layer or friction element coupled to or formed on the top surface of the platform.
8 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the first leg of the base is coupled to the first foot along the elongated foot platform, the foot platform further including a first wall and a second wall spaced apart from one another and each extending downwardly from an underside thereof; and
a second foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the second leg of the base is coupled to the second foot along the elongated foot platform, the foot platform further including a first wall and a second wall spaced apart from one another and each extending downwardly from an underside thereof.
9 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the first leg of the base is coupled to the first foot along the elongated foot platform, and wherein the elongated foot platform further includes an anti-skid layer disposed along an underside thereof; and
a second foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the second leg of the base is coupled to the second foot along the elongated foot platform, and wherein the elongated foot platform further includes an anti-skid layer disposed along an underside thereof.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the base includes a first cross-bar extending across and coupling the first leg and the second leg, the base further including a second cross-bar extending from the first cross-bar to the third leg, the second cross-bar coupling the third leg with the first cross-bar.
11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the first cross-bar and the second cross-bar each includes a releasable mechanical connector, wherein the releasable mechanical connector of the first cross-bar is operable to releasably couple the first leg with the second leg, and wherein the releasable mechanical connector of the second cross-bar is operable to releasably couple the first cross-bar with the third leg.
12 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a locking element attached to the platform.
13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the platform is removable from the base.
14 . The system of claim 1 , the base further including a fourth leg, wherein the first leg and the second leg are coupled directly to the platform underneath the first portion thereof, and wherein the third leg and the fourth leg are coupled directly to the platform underneath the second portion thereof.
15 . A vehicle stand system comprising:
a first base including a first leg and a second leg spaced apart from one another; and
a first platform coupled to the first base, the first platform including a top surface, a first end with a first end face, an opposite second end with a second end face, and a main body portion extending along a horizontal axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end of the first platform includes a mechanical stop extending upwardly from the top surface to the first end face, wherein the second end of the first platform is substantially planar and extends along the horizontal axis in alignment with the main body portion, and wherein the second end face is substantially orthogonal relative to the horizontal axis and the top surface of the first platform, the second end face of the second end vertically offset from the first end face of the first end;
a second base including a first leg and a second leg spaced apart from one another;
a second platform coupled to the second base, the second platform including a top surface, a first end with a first end face, an opposite second end with a second end face, and a main body portion extending along a horizontal axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end of the platform includes a mechanical stop extending upwardly from the top surface to the first end face, wherein the second end of the platform is substantially planar and extends along the horizontal axis in alignment with the main body portion, and wherein the second end face is substantially orthogonal relative to the horizontal axis and the top surface of the platform, the second end face of the second end vertically offset from the first end face of the first end; and
a support bar extending across and coupling the first base and the second base with one another.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the support bar includes a first bar member slidably received within and extendable relative to a second bar member to facilitate adjustments of a length of the support bar.
17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the second end face of the first base faces the second end face of the second base.
18 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the first base further includes a third leg extending downwardly from the second end of the first platform, and wherein the second base further includes a corresponding third leg extending downwardly from the second end of the second platform, the support bar extending across and coupling the third leg of the first base with the corresponding third leg of the second base.
19 . A vehicle stand system comprising:
a base including a first leg and a second leg spaced apart from one another;
a first foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the first leg of the base is coupled to the first foot along the elongated foot platform, the foot platform further including a first wall and a second wall spaced apart from one another and each extending downwardly from an underside thereof;
a second foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the second leg of the base is coupled to the second foot along the elongated foot platform, the foot platform further including a first wall and a second wall spaced apart from one another and each extending downwardly from an underside thereof; and
a platform coupled to the base, the platform including a top surface, a first end with a first end face, an opposite second end with a second end face, and a main body portion extending along a horizontal axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end of the platform includes a mechanical stop extending upwardly from the top surface to the first end face, wherein the second end of the platform is substantially planar and extends along the horizontal axis in alignment with the main body portion, and wherein the second end face is substantially orthogonal relative to the horizontal axis and the top surface of the platform, the second end face of the second end vertically offset from the first end face of the first end.
20 . A vehicle stand system comprising:
a base including a first leg and a second leg spaced apart from one another;
a first foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the first leg of the base is coupled to the first foot along the elongated foot platform, and wherein the elongated foot platform further includes an anti-skid layer disposed along an underside thereof;
a second foot having an elongated foot platform on a top portion thereof, wherein the second leg of the base is coupled to the second foot along the elongated foot platform, and wherein the elongated foot platform further includes an anti-skid layer disposed along an underside thereof; and
a platform coupled to the base, the platform including a top surface, a first end with a first end face, an opposite second end with a second end face, and a main body portion extending along a horizontal axis between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end of the platform includes a mechanical stop extending upwardly from the top surface to the first end face, wherein the second end of the platform is substantially planar and extends along the horizontal axis in alignment with the main body portion, and wherein the second end face is substantially orthogonal relative to the horizontal axis and the top surface of the platform, the second end face of the second end vertically offset from the first end face of the first end.