Apparatus for maneuvering parked motorcycles and motor scooters
AssigneeBlack Mc Pty Ltd
InventorsStuart Ian Black, Stephen John McGuiness
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Abstract
A dolly for supporting a tire of a motorcycle or motor scooter off the ground is provided. The dolly comprises: axially aligned wheels supported by a frame which has a frame part forward of the wheels and a frame part behind the wheels, the forward frame part having an open end being such that the motorcycle or motor scooter tire can locate in the open end, at least one tire gripping member on the forward frame part and adapted to wedge the tire when the forward frame part is lifted and release the tire when the forward frame part is lowered, and a wheel on the frame part behind the wheels.
Claims20
A tyre interfacing dolly adapted to lift and support a tyre of a motorcycle or motor scooter off the ground, the dolly comprising:
- axially aligned wheels;
- a frame which has a front frame part forward of the axially aligned wheels and a rear frame part behind the axially aligned wheels, the front frame part having a pair of tyre contacting members adjacent an open end of the front frame part to directly contact a motorcycle or motor scooter tyre and locate the tyre in the open end of the front frame part;
- when the front frame part is lifted to lift the motorcycle or motor scooter tyre off the ground and release the tyre when the front frame part is lowered;
- at least one additional wheel on the rear frame part;
- each of said pair of tyre contacting members comprising a ramped face configured to wedge against each side of the tyre;
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- wherein the front frame part and the rear frame part are rigidly connected and angled relative to each other whereby lowering of the rear frame part by a user causes said lifting of the front frame part and results in said ramped faces of each of said tyre contacting members wedging against each side of the tyre respectively thereby lifting the motorcycle or motor scooter tyre off the ground to support the motorcycle or motor scooter tyre in a raised configuration and wherein raising of the rear frame part by the user releases the motorcycle or motor scooter tyre from the open end of the front frame part in a lowered configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.