Motorcycle kickstand and detent mechanism
Stephen M. Winland
A vehicle stand, particularly a kickstand for motorcycles, includes a support arm and a angularly turned portion of the arm. The angularly turned portion is rotatably received in the bore of a carrier block, and the block is pivotally mounted in a bracket. The bracket is mounted to a vehicle and includes a locking slot at the top portion. A corresponding locking bar is provided at the top of the angularly turned portion of the support arm. When the kickstand is in the vehicle supporting position, this bar engages the slot when the weight of the vehicle is placed on the arm. The block includes a hole for receiving a compression spring to bias the block and consequently the angularly turned portion of the arm toward the unlocked position where the bar is removed from the slot. The carrier block also includes a ball detent mechanism including a threaded plug biasing a urethane plug against…
1ClaimsFirst of 35
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A vehicle support apparatus comprising: a housing mountable on a vehicle; a support member mounted in said housing and translatable between a first position allowing operation of the vehicle and a second position for supporting the vehicle when said housing is on the vehicle; a locking member on said support for engagement with a portion of said housing or the vehicle to prevent rotation of said support when a portion of the weight of the vehicle is supported by said support member; and a…
2Description
The present invention relates to stands for vehicles. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to stands carried on the vehicle body and moveable from a stowed position to a vehicle supporting position.