Patent ID: 7028850
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: B25H,B62H

Abstract:
1. A motorcycle support stand providing secondary support to a motorcycle having a frame when parked on soft or uneven ground surfaces, said motorcycle support stand comprising: a first support member having an inner surface with an inner attachment extension, an end cap on a first end, an end cap on a second end and a lower surface, a second support member having an inner surface with an inner attachment extension, an end cap on a first end, an end cap on a second end and a lower surface; said inner attachment extension of said first support member having aligned bolt holes and said inner attachment extension of said second support member having aligned bolt holes; a cross support member removably connecting said inner attachment extension of said first support member and said inner attachment extension of said second support member, said cross support member defining an upper surface containing an upper receiver aperture, said cross support member further defining a first end having first bolt holes and a second end having second bolt holes, said cross support member presenting a perimeter larger than a perimeter of said inner attachment extensions of said first support member and second support member, wherein said inner attachment extensions slide within said first end and second end of said cross support member, said bolt holes on said inner attachment extension of said first support member aligned with said bolt holes of said first end of said cross support member, and said bolt holes on said inner attachment extension of said second support member aligned with said bolt holes of said second end of said cross support member, with a bolt, secured by a washer and a nut, placed through said aligned and respective bolt holes; a mounting bracket removably attached to said cross support member said mounting bracket having a pedestal mounting block with an inner threaded bore oriented over said receiver aperture of said cross support member, said mounting bracket further comprising an L-shaped first side plate and an L-shaped second side plate, said first side plate and said second side plate having upper arms and lower arms with bracket mounting holes, said upper arms of said first side plate and second side plate attaching to said pedestal mounting block, said lower arms adapted to straddle said cross support member, with said inner threaded bore of said pedestal mounting block positioned directly over said upper receiver aperture of said cross support member, wherein a bolt is inserted through said aligned bracket mounting holes of said lower arms of said first side plate and second side plate, said bolt passing through at least one set of aligned mounting bracket bolt holes of said cross support member, with a nut and washer applied to said bolt to secure said bolt after insertion a pedestal presenting an outer threaded neck adapted to threadably engage said inner threaded bore of said pedestal mounting block, connected between a first side plate and a second side plate of said mounting bracket, said pedestal further defining an upper end and a lower end, said lower end inserted within said inner threaded bore of said pedestal mounting block; and a V-shaped support channel having an outer surface forming a lower angled edge welded to said upper end of said pedestal, said support channel also having an inner surface defining a trough, said trough adapted to engage said motorcycle frame, wherein said pedestal is rotated within said inner threaded bore extending or lowering said pedestal, with said upper receiver aperture allowing for protrusion of said lower end of said pedestal into said cross support member.