Sub-frame and component configuration for mounting of a motorcycle drop seat
OwnerGary D. Chippinventor
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Abstract
A sub-frame and component configuration for mounting on a motorcycle include a body frame structure including a main frame portion; and a sub-frame portion, he sub-frame is fixedly secured to the main frame portion and is configured for receiving and securing thereon a drop seat providing a rider with a seating area that is relatively closer to the ground than the seating area of a conventional motorcycle seat. A method of mounting the sub-frame on a motorcycle includes: fixedly securing a drop seat sub-frame portion onto a main frame portion, wherein the drop seat sub-frame portion is configured for receiving and securing thereon a drop seat.
Claims20
A drop seat sub-frame assembly for attachment to a mainframe assembly of a motorcycle, the drop seat sub-frame assembly comprising:
- a forward portion having an end adapted for attachment to the mainframe assembly;
- a second portion having a forward and rearward end, the forward end of the second portion attached to the forward portion and the second portion extending from the forward portion at a level below the forward portion;
- a third portion attached to and extending from the rearward end of the second portion;
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- a rearward portion attached to and extending from the third portion, the rearward portion adapted for supporting a rear fender.
A drop seat assembly for attachment to a mainframe assembly of a motorcycle comprising:
- a forward portion having an end adapted for attachment to the mainframe assembly;
- a rearward portion adapted for supporting a rear fender;
- an intermediate portion extending between respective forward and rearward portions;
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- a first downwardly extending portion between the forward portion and the intermediate portion and a second downwardly extending portion between the rearward portion and the second portion.
A drop seat sub-frame assembly for attachment to a mainframe assembly of a motorcycle, the drop seat sub-frame assembly comprising:
- an intermediate portion extending forward and rearward, the intermediate portion coincident with a first plane;
- a forward portion having an end adapted for attachment to the mainframe assembly, the end of the forward portion coincident with a second plane;
- a rearward portion extending from the intermediate portion, the rearward portion adapted for supporting a rear fender;
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- wherein the first plane of the intermediate portion is spaced above the second plane of the forward portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.