Tie down bar for motorcycles
OwnerRobert C. Trauthweininventor
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Abstract
A tie down device for securing modern sport type motorcycles having a full fairing to a truck or trailer bed without damaging the fairing. The device has a support T-bar that is secured to the central portion of the steering area of the motorcycle by a central stabilizer rod. The T-bar includes a tie down bar perpendicular to a stabilizer rod having a height stop. The stabilizer rod fits within a center-bored nut on the steering stem and into the frame neck of most sport motorcycles. Adjacent to and spaced inward from each end of the tie down bar are handle bar stabilizing hooks and tie down eyelets for attachment of standard tie down straps The invention provides tie down points for securing the motorcycle without attaching the tie down straps to the motorcycle, thus avoiding damage to the fairing and handle bars.
Claims20
A tie down bar assembly for a faired sport motorcycle comprising:
- a horizontally disposed tie down bar having a central portion, a right end portion, and a left end portion;
- a stabilizer rod having an upper end attached to and bisecting said bar and disposed perpendicular thereto to form a T-bar configuration;
- said stabilizer rod being so configured as to be mountable along its length to said motorcycle in the vicinity of the steering mechanism of said motorcycle;
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- means for receiving the hooks of tie down straps mounted at each said end portion of said tie down bar and disposed for receiving the hooks of tie down straps;
- whereby said tie down straps clear a fairing of said motorcycle when the tie down strap hooks engage said means for receiving hooks and are otherwise attached to a truck bed for transport of said motorcycle.
A tie down bar assembly for use during transport of a faired sport motorcycle comprising:
- a horizontally disposed tie down bar having a center portion, a right end portion, and a left end portion, said right end portion and said left end portion being so positioned as to extend beyond a fairing of a motorcycle when placed perpendicular to said motorcycle;
- a stabilizer rod having an upper end attached to said center portion of said tie down bar and perpendicular thereto to form a T-bar configuration;
- said stabilizer rod being so configured as to be mountable along its length to said motorcycle in the vicinity of the steering mechanism of said motorcycle;
- said tie down bar further comprising a tie down ring mounted thereto at each end of for receiving tie down straps;
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- said tie down bar further comprising right and left handle bar hooks mounted to and depending therefrom, and spaced inward from said tie down rings, each handle bar hook having a hook portion and a shaft portion, said shaft portion being mounted for vertical adjustment relative to said tie down bar;
- said handle bar hooks being so disposed as to allow downward adjustment to engage right and left handle bars of said motorcycle, and then upward adjustment to hold said handlebars steady during transport.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.