Front leg shield for a motor scooter
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNorio Tanaka, Takeo Miura, Jiro Miyata
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Abstract
A shield for a motor scooter to protect the front legs of the operator. The shield includes extension panels pivotally mounted about hinges to the upper front panel. The extension panels may be oriented to assume multiple positions which can selectively remove the panels from the windstream, direct additional air toward the rider and provide additional shielding against air flow. Hinge mechanisms including oblong hinge pins are employed to provide various stable positions for the extension panels.
Claims9
A front leg shield for a motor scooter, comprising
- a front panel symmetrically positionable on the front of a motor scooter;
- a first extension panel;
- a second extension panel;
- a first attachment mechanism fixed to said front panel at a first side edge thereof and to said first extension panel at an edge thereof;
- a second attachment mechanism fixed to said front panel at a second side edge thereof and to a second extension panel at an edge thereof, each said attachment mechanism including a first and second hinge, each said hinge having a hinge member fixed to one of said front panel and said extension panel and a hinge pin fixed to the other of said front panel and said extension panel, said hinge pin being oblong in cross section having a major cross-sectional dimension and a minor cross-sectional dimension, said hinge member having an oblong hole for resilient receipt of said hinge pin, the long axis of said hinge pin of said first hinge being perpendicular to the major dimension of said hinge pin of said second hinge.
A front leg shield for a motor scooter comprising
- a front panel symmetrically positionable on the front of a motor scooter,
- a first extension panel having a first attachment mechanism fixed thereto,
- a second extension panel having a second attachment mechanism fixed thereto,
- each of said first and second attachment mechanisms including a hinge and being fixed to said front panel at a side edge thereof and being constructed and arranged for selective positioning of said first and second extension panels outwardly of said front panel to increase the leg shield width and inwardly in juxtaposition with said front panel, to maintain the leg shield with each of said first and second attachment mechanisms being oriented to provide at least a first stable position for each of said first and second extension panels in juxtaposition with said front panel, a second stable position for each of said first and second extension panels extending outwardly of said front panel and inclined rearwardly to the motor scooter and a third stable position for each of said first and second extension panels extending outwardly of said front panel and inclined forwardly to the motor scooter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.