Patent ID: 6068334
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B62J,B62K

Abstract:
A rumble seat integrated with a motorcycle structure in which an engine is supported on a frame between a front wheel and a rear wheel, the rear wheel being guarded by an aerodynamically-contoured rear fender contoured to reduce wind resistance, a saddle to accommodate a driver being mounted on the frame above the engine, the rumble seat comprising:A. a seat for accommodating a passenger, the seat being nested within the rear fender; andB. a backrest hinged to the seat to support the back of a seated passenger, said backrest having a contoured rear section that constitutes a cutout section of the contoured fender whereby when the hinged backrest is folded down over the seat to conceal the seat, the contoured rear section of the backrest then merges with and completes the aerodynamically contoured fender, and when the backrest is folded up, the rear section is then extended above the seat, the integration of the rumble seat with the motorcycle structure being such that when the backrest is folded down and the rumble seat is closed, it is then effectively invisible.