Bar steps for a small-sized vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNagatoshi Nakamura
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Abstract
Bar steps of a small-sized vehicle provided in association with underframes of a small-sized vehicle of the type that a rider rides the vehicle by straddling a vehicle body frame and a seat (motorcycle, motor tricycle), characterized in that each of the bar steps is formed of a step main body and a cover member covering the step main body, the step main body is supported from the underframe, the cover member includes an elastic piece as a part thereof and as swingably supported directly or indirectly from a support member provided in association with the underframe or from the step main body, and the cover member can take an attitude for covering the step main body and an erected attitude deviated toward the vehicle body frame owing to its swing motion.
Claims12
Bar steps of a small-sized vehicle of the type that a rider rides the vehicle by straddling a vehicle body frame and a seat, which bar steps are provided in association with underframes of the vehicle body frame in order that the rider can place his right and left feet thereon, characterized in that each of said bar steps comprises a step main body provided in association with the underframe and having a teeth-shaped configuration on its top surface, and a cover member including an elastic piece as a part thereof which is swingably mounted in association with said step main body, and said cover member can be arbitrarily swung between a position for covering the step main body and a retracted position where the cover member is erected to incline toward the vehicle body frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.