Patent ID: 9180922
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60P,B62H

Abstract:
1. A motorcycle stand comprising: a stand base; an axle support post, connected to the stand base at a bottom end of the axle support post; and a self-engaging latch, positioned in an axle bar slot near a top end of the axle support post and adapted to engage an axle bar, the self-engaging latch having (1) a movable portion configured to close the self-engaging latch from a reset open position to a set closed position, and (2) a release mechanism configured to open the self-engaging latch from the set closed position to the reset open position; wherein the motorcycle stand is adapted to secure a wheel of a motorcycle having up to four wheels, wherein the motorcycle stand is adapted to secure the wheel when (1) the wheel has the axle bar ready within a wheel axle of the wheel and (2) the axle bar engages the self-engaging latch; and wherein engagement of the axle bar with the self-engaging latch occurs as (1) the self-engaging latch is in the reset open position, (2) the axle bar enters the axle bar slot after the wheel with axle bar is rolled toward the axle support post, and (3) the axle bar moves the movable portion to cause the self-engaging latch to engage the axle bar.