US3694953A

US3694953A - Toy parking garage

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Publication number: US3694953A
Application number: US177687A
Authority: US
Inventors: Eijiro Tomiyama
Original assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tomy Kogyo Co Ltd
Priority date: 1971-09-03
Filing date: 1971-09-03
Publication date: 1972-10-03
Anticipated expiration: 1989-10-03

Abstract

An electrically operated toy parking garage which comprises a rotatable parking tower of a multi-stage structure and an elevator system supported within a housing and including a vertically movable elevator cab, wherein transfer of a toy car to and from the various levels is effected by rotation of the parking tower and by vertical travel of the elevator cab.

Description

United States Patent Tomiyama [54] TOY PARKING GARAGE FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS [72] Inventor: Eijiro Tomiyama, c/o Tomy Kogyo Co., Ltd.,

No

10,9,7-chome, Tatuskl, Katsushika-ku, Japan [22] Filed: Sept. 3, 1971 Assistant Examiner.lack Q. Lever, Jr. pp No: 177 7 Attorney-John J. MCGICW Ct ABS'IRACT An electrically operated toy parking garage which comprises a rotatable parking tower of a multi-stage structure and an elevator system supported within a housing and including a vertically movable elevator 52 vs. 511 Int.Cl..............................................A63h33/00 [58] Field oISearch.........................46/l2,41,42, 40

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS cab, wherein transfer of a toy car to and from the various levels is effected by rotation of the parking tower and by vertical travel of the elevator cab.

3,593,454 7/1971 Einfact..........................46/l2 3,483,653 12/1969 Genin............................46/l2 3,457,668 7/1969 Genm 46/ 12 9 Claims, ll Drawing Figures PATENTEDuma 1912 3594.953

SHEET 3 BF 8 PATENTED 1 1 3 I97? SHEU 8 0F 8 h i d TOY PARKING GARAGE SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a toy parking garage, and more particularly to an improved toy automatic parking garage in which toy vehicles to be parked are lifted by an elevator cab to an available space in a rotatable parking tower, the movements of the elevator cab and rotatable parking tower being controllable by manipulation of separate electric switch means, whereby when these switch means are manipulated individually or concurrently, the elevator cab is adapted to transport a toy vehicle to and from a parking space in said parking tower.

It is, therefore, the main object of the present invention to provide an electrically operated toy automatic parking garage having a rotatable parking tower and elevator means for transporting a toy vehicle to and from the parking tower, the operation of which parking garage may be controlled by manipulation of separate electric switch means attached thereto.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toy parking garage for toy vehicles, comprising a rotatable parking tower having a rotatable stem portion and a plurality of parking branch portions extending horizontally therefrom and being rotatable therewith, said parking tower being rotatably mounted on a base and arranged to be rotated by first motorized means, an elevator system supported within a housing for transporting said toy vehicles to and from said parking branch portion, said housing being mounted on said base at a portion adjacent to said rotatable parking tower, said elevator system including an open cab to accommodate a toy vehicle and second motorized means for shifting said cab in an up-down direction, third motorized means carried by said cab and adapted in one operating position to discharge a toy vehicle from the cab onto one of the parking branch portions in alignment therewith and in another operating position to discharge the vehicle from the parking branch portion into the cab, and separate manually operable control means for said first, second and third motorized means whereby these means may be selectively operated to cause said parking tower to be rotated, to cause said cab to travel vertically, or to cause said toy vehicles to be transferred onto or from said parking branch portions from or into said cab one at a time.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toy parking garage of the type described above in which a rotatable parking tower serves as multi-level garages wherein access to the various levels is had by rotation of the parking tower and by vertical travel of an elevator cab.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a toy of the above-described type wherein means are provided for automatically aligning the parking branch portions with the elevator cab during the operation of the toy, thus permitting the car to be smoothly moved onto or from the parking branch portions from or into said cab.

According to a further aspect of the invention, a toy of the kind specified is provided, wherein rotatable tilting means are provided between the rotatable parking tower and the elevator housing for turning and rolling the toy car out of the garage facility.

These and other objects and features of this invention will be more evident upon consideration of the following detailed description and drawings, in which:

FIG. I is a front perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a toy parking garage in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partially cut-away plan view of the base of the garage, illustrating a mounting recess for the parking tower and a turntable for a toy vehicle;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a driving mechanism of the parking tower;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the elevator means;

FIG. 5 is a perspective of the elevator means equipped with vehicle-transferring means, illustrating the state in which a vehicle is transferred onto the parking tower from the elevator cab;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view of the elevator cab with the upper wall thereof removed, illustrating part of a driving mechanism of the vehicle-transferring means;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view of the elevator cab, showing part of the driving mechanism;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the main structure of the vehicle-transferring means;

FIG. 9 shows, in an enlarged scale, stooping means for aligning the parking branches or stalls of the parking tower with the elevator cab;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the garage with a bottom plate thereof removed; and

FIG. 11 illustrates the state in which the vehicle placed on the turntable means is rolled out of the garage by way of the ramp attached thereto.

In the drawings like parts or portions are designated with like reference characters and numerals.

Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIG. 1, the electrically operated toy parking garage, which may be called motorized sky park garage," in accordance with the present invention, comprises a hollow rectangular base A, a rotatable parking tower B rotatably mounted on the base and an elevator housing or tower C fixedly mounted on the base at a portion adjacent the parking tower B and having substantially the same height as the latter. These base A, parking tower B and elevator housing C may be formed of suitable plastic material.

The rotatable parking tower B comprises a rotatable stern portion or hub 1 and a plurality of parking branch portions or stalls 2 which extend radially or horizontally from the stem portion I in a multi-stage form and which are so constructed as to receive toy vehicles D, such as a toy car known as a Matchbox" car, respectively. The huh I is mounted at its lower stem portion In in a circular recess 3 formed in the base A so as to be rotatable about its vertical axis. In the illustrated embodiment, the lower stern portion la is provided, at its bottom end, with a central pivot 1b which is inserted in a bearing 3' provided at the center of and within the circular recess 3 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

As clearly shown in FIG. 3, the lower stem portion la of the hub I is provided with a gear wheel 1c which is integral therewith and which is driven by a first electric motor 4 through the medium of a first gear arrangement, generally designated by numeral 5, whereby the parking tower l is arranged to be rotated. Each of the parking branch portions 2 is of generally channel shape and has a rectilinear slot 2' which extends longitudinally along the center thereof.

In the embodiment, the parking tower B is of five multi-level structure and has in each level or stage thereof four parking branch portions 2 or stalls which surround the hub l in such a manner as to form generally four pointed star-like configuration. Thus, there are provided 20 parking branch portions 2 so that as many as 20 toy cars can be parked at one time thereon.

The elevator housing C is a vertically elongated rectangular casing and is provided with a rectangular roof 6 which extends toward the parking tower B and pivotally supports at its extension the upper end of the hub l of the parking tower B. Also, the elevator housing C is formed, on the side of the parking tower B, with a vertically elongated opening 7 and at its front wall with a plurality of window openings 8. Within the elevator tower C is supported an elevator system E for transporting the toy vehicles D to and from the parking stalls 2 of the parking tower B. The elevator system E comprises a cab Ea having at one end thereof an opening 9 and arranged to be moved in the up-down direction only, and a motorized mechanism Eb secured to cab Ea and including a second electric motor 10 for driving the elevator cab Ea. This cab Ea is vertically slidably supported by guide rods 11 which extend vertically through cab Ea within the elevator casing C. The position of the cab Ea is shifted by means of a cable 12 which is wound about a pulley l3 operatively connected with the second electric motor 10.

Referring now to FIGS. 5 to 8, there is shown a transfer system F operative to move the toy car D to and from the elevator cab Ea on and off the parking branch portions 2. The transfer system F is supported within the elevator cab Ea and comprises a finger-like means Fa arranged to travel through a rectilinear slot 14 formed in a cab floor 15 longitudinally along the center thereof. The finger-like means Fa comprises an elongated slidable plate 16 and a pair of longitudinally spaced-apart projections 17 projecting upwardly from the slidable plate 16 for hooking the toy car D to be transferred onto and from the parking branch portions 2.

The finger-like means Fa is arranged to be operated by a driving mechanism, generally designated by F1) which is actuated by a third electric motor 18 and which comprises a rotatable arm 19 rotatably mounted on a pivot 20 and adapted to be rotated by a cam 21, which constitutes a part of the driving mechanism Fb, for imparting an up-down movement to the finger-like means Fa. The mechanism Fb further comprises a segmental crown gear 22, which is rotated by crank means 23 operatively engaged with the third motor, and a gear 24 rotated by the crown gear 22 and meshed with the rack 25 which is formed on the slidable plate 16 longitudinally along one side thereof, whereby when the third motor 18 is rotated in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction, the finger-like means Fa is moved in the forward or backward direction. Formed in one end of the arm 23' of crank means 23 is a slot 26 in which a lateral pin 27 of the segmental crown gear 22 is freely engaged and which functions to immediately stop the backward travel of the finger-like means Fa by stopping the rotation of the segmental crowd gear 22 when the crank arm 23' has been fully retracted. The interrelationship between the crank means 23 and the cam means 21 is such that the finger-like means Fa may be made an up-down movement while its forward or backward movement is stopped by the engagement of the pin 27 with the slot 26. In this connection, it is to be noted that the elevator cab Ea is arranged not to travel vertically when the finger-like means Fa is not placed in position within the cab Ea, that is to say, as long as the forward portion of the finger-like means is kept projected forwardly of the cab Ea.

Referring now to FIG. 9, there is shown means for automatically aligning the parking branch portions 2 with the elevator cab Ea, generally designated by G. This means G comprises, in combination, a plurality of radially outwardly extending wings Ga secured to and rotatable with the hub l of the rotatable parking tower B, and an electrical switch device Gb which is provided within the elevator housing C. In the illustrated embodiment, the wings Ba and the switch device Gb are located at the uppermost portions of the hub l and elevator housing C, respectively.

The number of the wings Ga to be provided must correspond to that of the parking branch portions 2 provided in each stage of the parking tower B so that every parking branch portion 2 can be aligned with the elevator cab Ea by the operation of the aligning means G. in the illustrated embodiment, four wings Ga are provided, forming a generally four pointed star-like configuration as in the parking branch portions 2 of each stage. It is to be understood, however, that wings Ga may be appropriately increased in number as well as parking branch portions 2.

Each of the radially outwardly extending wings Ga has the length slightly longer than that of each parking branch portion 2 and is provided, at its outer end, with a cut-out 28 and an engaging portion 29. The cut-out 28 is formed in the corner of the outer end on the side thereof faced toward the direction of rotation of the parking tower B. The engaging portion 29 is of a generally M-shaped structure and is provided on the underside of wing Ga at a portion adjacent to the end surface thereof.

The electrical switch device Gb comprises three

electrical contacts

30, 31 and 32, which extend transversely of the rectangular elevator housing C at a portion adjacent to the inner end thereof facing to the parking tower B, and an elongated slidable pusher member 33 which is slidably mounted in a longitudinally extending guide groove or aperture formed in said inner end at right angles to the contacts. As shown in FIG. 9, one end of the pusher member 33 projects outwardly of the housing C and the other end is in contact with the middle electrical spring contact 31 which is made longer than the

other contacts

30 and 32 and which is biased outwardly to contact the outer contact 30.

The aligning means G further comprises a stopper member Gc for stopping each wing Ga in a predetermined position. The stopper member Gc is slidably mounted in a longitudinally extending guide groove or aperture formed in parallel with and underneath the aforementioned groove for the slidably pusher member 33. As indicated by a dotted line in FIG. 9, the stopper member Gr: includes a rounded head portion 34, which projects outwardly of the elevator housing C and which is adapted to be engaged with the middle recessed surface of the generally M-shaped engaging portion 29 of each radially outwardly extending wing Ga, and an elongated tail portion 35 which extends inwardly of the elevator housing C from the rear end of the rounded head portion 34. The stopper member Gc is constantly biased outwardly of the housing C by means of a coil spring 36.

Generally indicated by H in FIGS. 1, 2, l0 and 11 are rotatable tilting means provided on the base A at a portion between the rotatable parking tower B and the elevator housing C for turning and rolling the toy car D out of the garage facility. The rotatable tilting means H comprise a rotatable drum 37 rotatably mounted in a circular recess 38, a turntable 39 mounted on the drum 37, a tiltable rectangular floor 40 pivoted at one end to the turntable 39 and having a rectilinear slot 40, a link member 41 for rotating the drum 37 and a rotatable pusher arm 42 operative for tilting the floor 40.

Indicated by numeral 43 is a knob rotatably mounted on the base A and operatively connected with the rotatable drum 37 and the tiltable floor 40 through the medium of the link member 41 and the pusher arm 42 so that when the knob 43 is manually rotated the drum 37 is first rotated by the link member 4] and then the floor 40 is tilted by the pusher arm 42. In the illustrated embodiment, the rotatable drum 37 is arranged to be rotated within the angular range of 90. Indicated by numeral 39' is a rectangular opening for accommodating the tiltable floor 40, and numeral 39" indicates an opening communicating with the rectangular opening 39' and being in alignment with the rectilinear slot 40' of the floor 40. Indicated by numeral 44 is a ramp movably attached to the front wall of the base A so as to allow the mini-car D to roll out of the garage.

Description will now be directed to electric switches for controlling various mechanisms incorporated in the parking garage of the present invention by referring to the drawings, particularly in FIGS. I and 3 to 9.

As shown in FIG. 1, five push-

button switches

45, 46, 47, 48 and 49 are provided on the base A in spacedapart relationship on the right side thereof. The two push-

button switches

45 and 46 on the extreme right are arranged to control the up and down movements of the elevator cab Ea. The next two push-

button switches

47 and 48 are for controlling entry and exit of the car D and the fifth one 49 is for controlling the rotation of the parking tower B.

The first and

second switches

45 and 46 are electrically connected to the second motor by way of dry cell batteries, not shown, housed in a battery casing 50 formed in the base A. When the first one 45 is actuated, the circuit for the second motor 10 is closed and the motor is caused to rotate in one direction of rotation whereby the mechanism Eb is driven to cause the elevator cab Ea to descend. On the other hand, when the second one 46 is actuated, a polarity reversal of the current supplied to the motor 10 is caused to reverse the rotational direction of the motor, thus causing the cab Ea to be elevated.

The third and

fourth switches

47 and 48 are respectively connected in circuit with the third motor 18 by way of said batteries so that actuation of the third one 47 causes the motor 18 to rotate in one direction of rotation and that actuation of the fourth one 48 causes a polarity reversal of the current supplied to the motor 18 to reverse the rotational direction of the motor. An alternate actuation of these two switches controls the forward and reverse travels as well as the up and down movements of the finger-like means Fa to transfer cars D to or from the stalls 2 as will be again described later. The fifth switch 49 is in circuit with the first motor 4 which rotates the parking tower B in on rotational direction through the medium of the gear arrangement 5.

Indicated by

numerals

51 and 52 in FIG. 7 are electrical spring contacts which are provided at a portion adjacent to the rear end of a pusher member 53 adapted to be moved backwardly by the finger-like means Fa and which are arranged to be brought into contact with each other by the pusher 53, when the finger-like means Fa is fully retracted into the cab Eb, for the purposes which will be described later in connection with manner of operation of the garage.

When it is desired to operate the toy parking garage of the present invention, first, the ramp 44 is attached in place, then any mini-car D is placed on the tiltable floor 40 of turntable 39 and then the knob 43 is turned counter-clockwise so that one end of the car is directed to the elevator entrance. Whereupon, the first pushbutton switch 45 is depressed, if the cab Eb is not at the lowermost level, to cause the cab to descend to the lowermost level at which the cab floor 15 is on a level with the tiltable floor 40 of turntable 39.

When the cab floor 15 is on a level with the tiltable floor 40, actuation of the third switch 47 will cause the car D to be automatically transferred into the cab Eb from the turntable 39. More specifically, as the third switch 47 is depressed, the motor 18 starts rotating in one direction to actuate the mechanism Fb, whereby the finger-like means Fa is first moved down by the counter-clockwise rotational movement of arm 19 (in FIG. 8) imparted by the cam 21, then moved horizontally and forwardly by the gear 24 in driving engage ment with the rack 25 and being rotated in the clockwise direction by the crown gear 22, along the slot 40' of tiltable floor 40 underneath the car D, then moved up by the clockwise rotational movement of arm 19 imparted by the cam 21 to hook the car with one of its projections 17, and then reversed by the counter-clockwise rotation of gear 24 imparted by crank means 23 through crown gear 22, thus bringing the car D into the elevator cab Ea.

To raise the elevator cab Ea, the second switch 46 is actuated by depression after the finger-like means Fa has been fully retracted and the third switch 47 released out of depression. By the actuation of the second switch 46 the motor 10 is caused to rotate in one direction of rotation and causes the pulley 13 to rotate for the winding of the cable 12, thus raising the cab Ea.

In this connection, it is to be noted that the

contacts

51 and 52 shown in FIG. 7 are in circuit with the motor 10 and are arranged so that when they are not in contact with each other the circuit for the motor 10 is not closed even if the second switch 46 is depressed, in other words, only when one contact 51 is kept pressed against the other contact 52 by being pushed by the pusher 53 in the state in which the finger-like means Fa is fully retracted as shown in FIG. 7, the circuit for the motor 19 can be completed. Thus, the provision of such contact device serves to prevent an accident to the related mechanisms or parts during the operation of the elevator system E.

Then, when the second switch 46 is kept depressed, the cab Ea will move up vertically while scanning a vertical row of the stalls 2 of parking tower B. When any stall 2 is selected, the switch 46 is released when the cab Ea is brought into registration with the selected stall and the cab will rest in registration therewith. To enable the player to easily register the cab with any desired stall, it is desirable that, on one hand, a guide line is printed on the side wall of cab Ea and, on the other hand, guide lines which can be registered with the first mentioned guide line are printed on the side wall of the elevator casing C at the respective stages corresponding the stalls 2, so that by registering the first mentioned guide line with any desired one of the second mentioned guide lines, the player can easily and exactly register the cab with a selected stall 2.

In order to effect transfer of the car from the cab to the selected stall, the player has only to actuate the fourth switch 48. When the switch is actuated, a polarity reversal of the current supplied to the motor 18 is caused to reverse the rotational direction thereof and the mechanism Fb will now be operated in the reverse order. More specifically, in this instance, the finger-like means Fa will be first moved up by the clockwise rotation of arm 9 imparted by cam 21, then moved horizontally and forwardly by gear 24 along the slot 2 of stall 2 while pushing the car with its hook 17, thus bringing the car onto the selected stall. whereupon, the fingerlike means will be moved down underneath the car and returned to the original position in the cab.

If the player wishes to effect transfer of the parked car from the stall to the street, the car is first brought back into the open cab by actuating the third switch 47, then the cab is moved to the bottom level by actuating the first switch 45, then the car is brought onto the tiltable floor 40 of turntable 39 by actuating the fourth switch 48, and finally, the turntable 39 is turned at 90 and the tiltable floor 40 is tilted at an angle discharging the car thereon out of the floor by turning the knob 43 clockwise and the car is rolled out of the garage by way of the ramp 44.

If there is no vacant stall in the vertical row of stalls aligned with the vertically elongated opening 7 of elevator casing C, the player operates the fifth switch 49, which causes the parking tower B to be rotated counter-clockwise, until a vacant stall is found in another vertical row of stalls 2. When a vacant stall is found, the switch 49 is released at the time when the vertical row having the selected vacant stall approaches to the vertically elongated opening 7 of elevator casing C and the rotation of parking power B is stopped, at the time when the said vertical row is registered with the vertically elongated opening 7, by the fitted engagement of the wing Ga in the same row with the stopper member Gc and by the pressure contact of the wing Ga with the slidable pusher 33 which contact causes the circuit for the first motor 4 to be opened by operating the switch device Gb (see FIG. 9). in other words, the circuit for the first motor 4 is arranged so that until the middle contact 31 is released out of contact with one of the two other contacts by being pushed by the pusher 33 it is kept closed even if the fifth switch 49 has been released out of manual depression. On the other hand, the circuit for the first motor 4 is also arranged so that unless the middle contact 31 is in contact with the other contact 32, it cannot be closed even if the fifth switch 49 is depressed, although the former is kept pressed against the latter as long as the wing is in abutting engagement with the pusher, that is, when the parking tower is at rest in its normal position. lt is to be noted, however, that as soon as the wing is released out of engagement with the pusher by being rotated, the middle spring contact returns to contact the contact 30 while pushing back the pusher for the next switching operation.

What I claim is:

l. A toy parking garage for toy vehicles, comprising a rotatable parking tower having a rotatable stem portion and a plurality of parking branch portions extending horizontally therefrom and being rotatable therewith, said parking tower being rotatably mounted on a base and arranged to be rotated by first motorized means, an elevator system supported within a housing for transporting said toy vehicles to and from said parking branch portions, said housing being mounted on said base at a portion adjacent to said rotatable parking tower, said elevator system including an open cab to accommodate a toy vehicle and second motorized means for shifting said cab in an up-down direction, third motorized means carried by said cab and adapted in one operating position to transfer a toy vehicle from the cab onto one of the parking branch portions in alignment therewith and in another operating position to transfer the vehicle from the parking branch portion into the cab, and separate manually operable control means for said first, second and third motorized means whereby these means may be selectively operated to cause said parking tower to be rotated, to cause said cab to travel vertically, or to cause said toy vehicles to be transferred onto or from said parking branch portions from or into said cab one at a time.

2. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 1, wherein said rotatable parking tower is so constructed as to serve as multi-level garages wherein access to the various levels is had by rotation of the parking tower and by vertical travel of the elevator cab.

3. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 1, wherein means are provided for automatically aligning the parking branch portions with the elevator cab during the operation of the garage, thereby permitting the car to be smoothly moved onto or from the parking branch portions from or into said cab.

4. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim I, wherein rotatable tilting means are provided between the rotatable parking tower and the elevator housing for turning and rolling the toy car out of the garage.

5. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim I, wherein each of the parking branch portions is of generally channel shape and has a rectilinear slot extending longitudinally along the center thereof.

6. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 5, wherein the rectilinear slot of each of the parking branch portions is adapted to be aligned with a rectilinear slot formed in the floor of said open cab and extending longitudinally along the center thereof.

7. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 1, wherein the third motorized means comprise a fingerlike means arranged to travel along the rectilinear slots each being formed in the floor of the cab and each said parking branch portion when the two slots are aligned with each other, and a pair of longitudinally spacedapart projections for hooking the toy car to be trans- 9. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 8. Onto and from Parking -P wherein the rectilinear slot of said tiltable floor is arg gg x gg g zsgf g zzr zfihal 2 :3 rgnged to b: aligned with the rectilinear slot formed in t e open ca gated tiltable floor having a rectilinear slot extending 5 longitudinally along the center thereof.

Claims

1. A toy parking garage for toy vehicles, comprising a rotatable parking tower having a rotatable stem portion and a plurality of parking branch portions extending horizontally therefrom and being rotatable therewith, said parking tower being rotatably mounted on a base and arranged to be rotated by first motorized means, an elevator system supported within a housing for transporting said toy vehicles to and from said parking branch portions, said housing being mounted on said base at a portion adjacent to said rotatable parking tower, said elevator system including an open cab to accommodate a toy vehicle and second motorized means for shifting said cab in an up-down direction, third motorized means carried by said cab and adapted in one operating position to transfer a toy vehicle from the cab onto one of the parking branch portions in alignment therewith and in another operating position to transfer the vehicle from the parking branch portion into the cab, and separate manually operable control means for said first, second and third motorized means whereby these means may be selectively operated to cause said parking tower to be rotated, to cause said cab to travel vertically, or to cause said toy vehicles to be transferred onto or from said parking branch portions from or into said cab one at a time.

4. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 1, wherein rotatable tilting means are provided between the rotatable parking tower and the elevator housing for turning and rolling the toy car out of the garage.

5. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of the parking branch portions is of generally channel shape and has a rectilinear slot extending longitudinally along the center thereof.

7. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 1, wherein the third motorized means comprise a finger-like means arranged to travel along the rectilinear slots each being formed in the floor of the cab and each said parking branch portion when the two slots are aligned with each other, and a pair of longitudinally spaced-apart projections for hooking the toy car to be transferred onto and from the parking branch portions.

8. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 4, wherein said rotatable tilting means include an elongated tiltable floor having a rectilinear slot extending longitudinally along the center thereof.

9. A toy parking garage as set forth in claim 8, wherein the rectilinear slot of said tiltable floor is arranged to be aligned with the rectilinear slot formed in the open cab.