Patent ID: 6352401
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B60P,B60R

Abstract:
A carrier for a motorcycle having two wheels in tandem, said carrier adapted for attachment to a posterior portion of a motor vehicle said carrier comprising,(a) an upright longitudinally extending base support member, said base support member having a frontal portion and a posterior portion, said base support member adapted to be disposed in an upright position, said base support member having a bottom end and a top end, horizontally disposed wheel carrying member affixed adjacent to the lower end of the posterior portion of said base support member and disposed in a posterior direction, said wheel carrying member being formed with a channeled upper surface over its longitudinal extent, said wheel carrying member adapted to hold in an upright position one wheel of said motorcycle, said base support member having an upper lift support plate and a lower lift support plate; (b) an attachment member adapted to be affixed to a posterior portion of said motor vehicle, said attachment member having a substantially vertically extending rigid member that has a vertically disposed sleeve member connected and affixed rigidly on the posterior portion of said attachment member with said sleeve member having an internal hollow cylindrically shaped chamber with a helically threaded inner surface on the interior surface of said hollow chamber; (c) vertical lift means affixed vertically in a position between the upper lift support plate and the lower lift support plate, and adjacent to and forward of said upright base support member, said vertical lift means comprising a vertical cylindrical bar member having helically threaded members formed on the exterior surface thereof, said helically threaded members being adapted to engage matingly the helically threaded inner surface of the interior cylindrical surface of said sleeve member; (d) a pair of opposing support members each extending diagonally from said wheel support member to a portion of said upright base support member; (e) a pair of laterally extended support arms, each affixed on their respective inner ends to an opposing outer surface on said wheel support member, each of said laterally extended support arms extending laterally in a perpendicular direction relative to the longitudinal central axis of the wheel support member; (f) elevating means affixed to the vertical lift means to move said vertical lift means up and down in said sleeve member affixed to said connecting member.