Patent ID: 6394283
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B62H,Y10T

Abstract:
A security stand for a motorcycle, comprising:an elongated horizontal base member anchorable to an underlying surface, said elongated horizontal base member including a planar bottom portion and a pair of inverted V-shaped portions integrally joined to and extending along opposite sides of said planar bottom portion, each of said pair of inverted V-shaped portions including an inner wall and an outer wall, said inner wall being integrally joined to said planar bottom portion, a plane of said inner wall being oriented at an angle to a plane of said bottom portion, said outer wall integrally joined to said inner wall and generally vertically oriented; a U-shaped lock bar attached to and extending horizontally along both sides of said base member, said U-shaped lock bar including an end portion and a pair of side portions each extending from opposite ends of said end portion in a spaced substantially parallel relationship, said U-shaped being attached to said base member such that a first of said pair of side portions of said U-shaped lock bar is positioned within a first of said pair of inverted V-shaped portions of said base member and a second of said pair of side portions of said U-shaped lock bar is positioned within a second of said pair of inverted V-shaped portions of said base member, whereby said pair of side portions each extend horizontally along opposite sides of said base member and said end portion projects beyond an end of said base member; a restraining member having a pair of ends each being securable to portions of said U-shaped lock bar, whereby said motorcycle is positionable in said base member and said restraining member is securable about said motorcycle such that said motorcycle is immobilized; each of said pair of inverted V-shaped portions of said base member has a cutout therein, said cutout provided at a union of said inner wall and said outer wall, said cutout having a first portion extending into said inner wall and a second portion extending into said outer wall, and each of said pair of side portions of said U-shaped lock bar are of sufficient length so as to extend beyond said cutout provided in each of said pair of inverted V-shaped portions of said base member, whereby a lockable length of each of said pair of side portions of said U-shaped lock bar is accessible through said cutout.