Adjustable passenger floorboards
OwnerRichard V. Colanoinventor
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Abstract
The motorcycle foot support assembly has a foot support member, a rotation arm, a monolithic motorcycle-mounting bracket, and a releaseable bracket-to-arm locking mechanism. The rotation arm is attached between the inner surface of the foot support and the motorcycle-mounting bracket. The monolithic motorcycle-mounting bracket has a motorcycle-attachment portion and an arm-attachment portion, the latter portion for engagement with the rotation arm. The releaseable bracket-to-arm locking mechanism has an engagement pin that selectively engages with one of a plurality of predetermined stop holes whereby the releaseable bracket-to-arm locking mechanism may be selectively engaged to stop the relative rotation between the arm-attachment portion and the rotation-arm first end.
Claims17
A motorcycle foot support assembly comprising:
- a foot support member having an upper surface and an inner surface;
- a rotation arm having a first end and a second end, said second end attached with respect to the inner surface of the foot support;
- a monolithic motorcycle-mounting bracket having a motorcycle-attachment portion and an arm-attachment portion, said arm attachment portion pivotably attached with respect to the rotation-arm first end;
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- a releaseable bracket-to-arm locking mechanism having an engagement pin with a pin shape that selectively engages with one of a plurality of predetermined stop holes of a stop-hole shape complementary to the pin shape of a portion of the engagement pin whereby the releaseable bracket-to-arm locking mechanism may be selectively engaged to stop the relative rotation between the arm-attachment portion and the rotation-arm first end.
A repositionable footboard for motorcycles of the type having a major motorcycle plane, comprising:
- a footboard portion having a planar upper surface with a longitudinal dimension parallel to the motorcycle plane and a lateral dimension that is not greater than the longitudinal dimension, and having an inner surface;
- an elongated crank having a first end and a second end, said second end rotatably attached with respect to the inner surface whereby the footboard may rotate about a footboard axis of rotation substantially orthogonal to the major motorcycle plane;
- a bracket member configured for attachment to the motorcycle, said bracket member rotatably attached with respect to the first end whereby the crank may rotate about a crank axis of rotation substantially orthogonal to the major motorcycle plane;
- a crank-to-bracket positioning mechanism for selectively and releasably locking the rotation of the crank with respect to the bracket;
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- a crank-to-footboard position mechanism for selectively and releasably locking the rotation of the footboard with respect to the crank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.