Patent ID: 7066448

Claim:
A portable motorcycle lifting device for supporting a motorcycle having front and rear tires, the device comprising: an inner lifting structure having a first forward and first rearward end; an outer lifting structure having a second forward and second rearward end; an upper wheel cradle support having a third forward and third rearward end, the wheel cradle support being sized and configured to receive tires of the motorcycle, the wheel cradle support including a wheel chock; and an articulated lifting system integrated within said inner and outer lifting structures, wherein said inner lifting structure is generally positioned within said outer lifting structure and both lifting structures are connected by a common fulcrum positioned approximately in the middle of each lifting structure, wherein said second rearward end of said outer lifting structure is rotatably and slidably attached to said third rearward end of said upper support cradle, wherein said first forward end of said inner lifting structure is rotatably attached to said third forward end of said upper cradle support, wherein said articulated lifting system may be operated to raise said upper cradle support from a non-deployed position to a fully deployed position.