Patent ID: 6971714

Claim:
A convertible motorcycle seat including: (a) an elongated saddle having a driver seat portion and a rear passenger portion and including a platform, cushioning material and a cover; (b) a backrest hinge assembly having a base plate secured to the rear portion of said platform, said base plate having upstanding ears spaced transversely of said platform, an elongated pivotable arm having transversely spaced depending ears disposed between said upstanding ears of said base plate, a pivot member extending transversely of, and journalled in, said upstanding ears, said pivotable arm being pivotable into an erect position extending generally vertically and into a collapsed position extending generally forwardly of said saddle, said depending ears having a lower surface portion providing a cam surface including a pair of spaced recesses spaced arcuately about said pivot member with a convexly arcuate lobe therebetween, an indexing pin extending transversely of said base plate, and biasing means on said base plate biasing said indexing pin against said cam surfaces of said depending ears and into one of said recesses whereby said pivotable arm is firmly held in an erect position or in a collapsed position; and (c) a backrest mounted on said pivotable arm.