Patent ID: 6390488
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B62J,Y10T

Abstract:
An impact absorbing foot peg for a motorcycle comprising: a rigid lower platform secured so as to project in a cantilevered fashion laterally outwardly from a motorcycle frame and which includes a mounting plate with inboard and outboard sides, a hinged connector on said inboard side of said mounting plate, and a rigid foot support projecting from said outboard side of said mounting plate, a resiliently compressible foot pad that includes a cushioning slab formed of an elastomeric material disposed atop said rigid foot support, and a rigid foot contact plate disposed atop said slab, and a plurality of bolts joining said foot contact plate to said foot support and passing through said slab, and said bolts are preloaded in tension to partially compress said slab with a selected force of preload compression.