Patent ID: 7708326
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: B62J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock device for a motorcycle side trunk, comprising: a plurality of strikers attached to a lid member which is in an openable and closable manner attached to a box-shaped trunk main part disposed at each side of a rear portion of a vehicle body and which constitutes the side trunk; and a plurality of catch mechanisms which include respective catches capable of engaging with the strikers respectively for pivotal movement, and which are provided on the trunk main part so as to enable simultaneous switching by remote control to a lock state where the catches are brought into engagement with the respective strikers to keep the lid member in a closed position, or to an unlock state where the engagement of the catches with the respective strikers is permittedly released to enable opening of the lid member; wherein the catches of the catch mechanisms are swingably supported by the trunk main part via a plurality of associated pivots, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of associated pivots has an axis that is non-coaxial with others of the plurality of associated pivots, wherein each of the plurality of catch mechanisms of the side trunk is disposed to differ from each other in height and in distance from the center of the widthwise direction of the vehicle body.