Patent ID: 8585072

Claim:
An apparatus for towing a motorcycle, comprising: a support member, the support member having a tee-bar, at least a first ramp support bar, and at least a first support arm and a second support arm, the tee-bar having a first end and a second end, each support arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the first support arm attached to the tee-bar proximate to the tee-bar first end, the proximal end of the second support arm attached to the tee-bar proximate to the tee-bar second end, the support arms projecting in substantially the same plane and direction from the tee-bar, the ramp support bar spanning the support arms; at least a first torque arm and a second torque arm, the first torque arm pivotably attached to the distal end of the first support arm, the second torque arm pivotably attached to the distal end of the second support arm; a cross bar, the cross bar attached to and spanning the first torque arm and the second torque arm; at least a first clamp, the first clamp slidably attached to the cross bar and operable to grasp a portion of a motorcycle; a pivot post, the pivot post attached to the tee-bar and oriented orthogonally to the support arms; an angle post and an angle tongue, the angle post attached orthogonally to the angle tongue and oriented parallel to the pivot post; an angle sleeve and an upper pivot sleeve, the interior of the angle sleeve sized and shaped to closely conform to the external cross-section of the angle post, the angle sleeve surrounding and sliding on the angle post, the upper pivot sleeve attached and oriented parallel to the angle sleeve, the interior of the upper pivot sleeve sized and shaped to closely conform to the external cross-section of the pivot post, the upper pivot sleeve surrounding the pivot post, the pivot post rotating within the upper pivot sleeve; and a lower pivot sleeve, the lower pivot sleeve attached to the angle post, the interior of the upper pivot sleeve sized and shaped to closely conform to the external cross-section of the pivot post, the upper pivot sleeve surrounding the pivot post, the pivot post rotating within the upper pivot sleeve; the interior of the lower pivot sleeve sized and shaped to closely conform to the external cross-section of the pivot post, the lower pivot sleeve surrounding the pivot post, the pivot post rotating within the lower pivot sleeve.