Storage device on motorcycle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKitasei Yasuji
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Abstract
A motorcycle has a rear frame extending longitudinally centrally through a motorcycle body and inclined rearwardly from a lower position to an upper position below a driver's seat. A storage device on the motorcycle includes a container disposed below the driver's seat and having a bottom wall having a bulging portion avoiding a portion of the rear frame, and a side wall extending upwardly from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall and surrounding the bottom wall, the side wall including an upper portion defining an opening which opens toward the driver's seat, hinge means through which the driver's seat is coupled to the storage device so as to serve as a cover which is openable and closable with respect to the opening.
Claims19
A storage device on a motorcycle having a rear frame extending substantially longitudinally centrally through a motorcycle body and being inclined rearwardly from a lower position to an upper position below a driver's seat, said storage device comprising:
- a container disposed below said driver's seat and having a bottom wall containing a bulging portion defining a longitudinally extending recess to receiver a portion of said rear frame, and means forming a side wall extending upwardly from the peripheral edge of said bottom wall about said bottom wall, said side wall means defining an opening at the upper end thereof which opens toward said driver's seat;
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- hinge means for coupling said driver's seat to said storage device, whereby said driver's seat serves as a cover which is openable and closeable with respect to said opening.
A storage device on a motorcycle having a body frame including a rear frame member extending substantially longitudinally centrally of said body frame and being upwardly inclined rearwardly from a lower position to an upper position below a driver's seat, said storage device comprising:
- a container disposed below said driver's seat and having a bottom wall,
- a bulging portion in said bottom wall defining a substantially longitudinally extending recess to receive said rear frame member, and
- substantially upstanding wall means extending upwardly from said bottom wall about the periphery thereof, said wall means having an opening at the upper end thereof beneath said driver's seat.
A storage device on a motorcycle particularly adapted for storing a helmet, said motorcycle having a body frame including a rear frame member extending substantially longitudinally centrally of said body frame and being upwardly inclined rearwardly from a lower position to an upper position below the driver's seat, said storage device comprising:
- a container disposed below said driver's seat having generally upstanding walls arranged to receive said helmet;
- said container having a bottom wall disposed in facing relation to the interior of said helmet;
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- a bulging portion in said bottom wall extending into the interior of said helmet and defining a substantially longitudinally extending recess receiving said rear frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.