Patent ID: 8544377

Claim:
A stand for a motorcycle, a heavy weapon, or a motorcycle equipped with the heavy weapon, said stand comprising a propping unit as well as pivoting means for enabling a swiveling motion of the propping unit between a working position and a storage position, wherein the propping unit includes two propping elements, and that the pivoting means include: a pivoting element, which controls the propping elements to simultaneously swivel and spread outward from a storage position in the proximity of the chassis of a motorcycle, the heavy weapon or a motorcycle equipped with the heavy weapon to a working position, as well as locking means for securing the propping elements in the working position and in the storage position, wherein the pivoting element is adapted to allow a swiveling motion of the propping elements about a rotation axis extending in the advancing direction of a motorcycle, the heavy weapon or the motorcycle equipped with a heavy weapon, or about a rotation axis extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of the heavy weapon, and the pivoting means include formations for locking the propping elements in a desired swiveling position.