Patent ID: 6866282
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B62H

Abstract:
1. A support stand adapted to be stationarily and stably supported on a generally horizontally extending support surface for supporting a tire of a motorcycle to maintain the motorcycle in a stationary upright position, said support stand comprising: a horizontally extending base member having a generally flat center contact area adapted to be engaged with the bottom side of a motorcycle tire, and also having a pair of horizontally extending leg parts which are joined to and project outwardly from opposite sides of the center contact area for providing stable and non-tipping supportive engagement with the support surface; a pair of tire-engaging uprights mounted adjacent opposite sides of said center contact area and projecting in cantilevered relationship upwardly from said base member so as to define a tire-accommodating space therebetween which opens both upwardly and forwardly relative to the support stand, each said upright having a lower flange which projects transversely and overlies the base member; a fastening structure cooperating between the uprights and the base member for permitting the uprights to be fixed with respect to the base member to define the tire-accommodating space between the uprights of predetermined width, said fastening structure permitting at least one of the uprights to be moved relative to the base either toward or away from the other upright to adjust the width of the tire-accommodating space; said fastening structure including a releasable fastening device which cooperates between the flange and the base member to permit each of the uprights to be transversely moved with respect to the base member to vary the width of the tire-accommodating space; and said base member having a pair of tire-retaining members fixed thereto and projecting upwardly a small distance from the upper surface adjacent front and rear sides of the center contact area to assist in retaining the tire therebetween; whereby when the tire is disposed within the tire-accommodating space the opposite side walls of the tire are substantially engaged with the uprights and the lower part of the tire is engaged with the center contact area of the base member so as to impose at least part of the weight of the motorcycle as applied to the tire directly onto the base member.