US 6,631,835 B2Granted

Object storing case of a motorcycle

AssigneeTian Shwu Co., Ltd.

InventorTien-Ching Fang

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Abstract

A object storing case of a motorcycle includes a connecting part disposed in a recess of a rear side of a holding body thereo, a fixing plate pivoted to the connecting part at the middle, a locking member and an operating member. The locking member is pivoted to the connecting part, and the fixing plate is pivoted to the locking member at a lower end such that the locking member can be turned for moving the fixing plate between an engaging position and a disengaging one in relation to a cover of the case. The locking member is equipped with a combination lock, and has a sloping slot extending from the lower edge, through which a spindle of the operating member is passed. The operating member further has a commoving pole associated with a stopping plate capable of being locked with the combination lock. Thus, when the operating member is turned to an “open” position where an operated portion thereof is aligned with the sloping slot, the locking member can be pivoted Up for the fixing plate to disengage the cover. When the operating member is turned to a “lock” position where the operated portion crosses the sloping slot, the cover can't be opened; the combination lock can be used to prevent the operating member from turning away from the “lock” position. When the operating member is turned to a “release” position where the operated portion also crosses thief sloping slot, the cover can't be opened but the case can be removed from the motorcycle because an engaging element of an inner end of the spindle disengages a blocking part of the motorcycle.

An object storing case of a motorcycle, comprising

a cover having an engaging trench on an inner side of a rear portion;
a holding part, said cover being pivoted to said holding part from a front portion;
said holding part having a connecting part fixedly disposed in a recess of a rear side thereof,
a locking assembly including
a locking member pivoted to said connecting part from an upper end portion;
said locking member having a sloping slot extending from a lower edge to a middle thereof;
a fixing plate pivoted to said connecting part from a middle and pivoted to said locking member from a lower end;
said fixing plate having an upper hooked portion disengagably engaging said trench of said cover;
a stopping plate up and down movably disposed between said connecting part and said locking member;
said stopping plate having upper hooked portion and a slot at a middle;
a lock device fitted to said locking member;
said lock device having an upper trench for said upper hooked portion of said stopping plate to be received in and fixed in position by said lock device;
an operating member passed through both said sloping slot of said locking member and said connecting part from a spindle thereof;
said operating member having a commoving pole passed through said elongated slot of said stopping plate so as to be stopped from turning by means of said stopping plate being locked with said lock device;
said operating member having an operated portion connected to an outer end of said spindle and an engaging element connected to an inner end of said spindle;
said engaging element being capable of separably engaging a blocking part of a rear supporting portion of a motorcycle for fixing said storing case in position when said storing case is placed on said rear supporting portion;
whereby said case is provided with three different positions by means of turning said operating member;
said fixing plate disengaging said trench of said cover for allowing said cover to be opened when said operating member is turned for said operated portion thereof to be aligned with said sloping slot and said fixing plate is pivoted to an disengaging position together with said locking member;
said fixing plate fixing said cover in a closed position when said operated portion crosses said sloping slot to fix both said locking member plus said fixing plate in position with said lock device locking said stopping plate to prevent said operating member from turning;
said engaging element disengaging said blocking part for allowing said case to be removed from said motorcycle when said operating member is turned to a third position where said operated portion still crosses said sloping slot to make said fixing plate fix said cover in said closed position.

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