Patent ID: 6966471

Claim:
A luggage rack for pivotal attachment to a motorcycle having a rear fender and a sissy bar mounted at sissy bar mounting plates disposed on opposite sides of the rear fender and having bores therein, said rack comprising: (a) a frame having a generally U-shape with opposite legs each terminating at lower pivot ends defining a bore, said frame having a configuration conforming to that of the sissy bar and wherein said rack abuts the sissy bar in an upright stored position; (b) a pair of mounting brackets each having a body with a flange, said flange having bores adapted to align with the bores in the mounting plates at opposite sides of the motorcycle; (c) each said body defining a location for receiving the lower pivot end of the associated leg, said location defining a bore aligned with the bore in the associated leg; (d) a fastener associated with each bracket extending through said bracket and the associated leg whereby said fastener may be selectively tightened to provide a frictional fit between the bracket and frame to allow the user to manually pivot the frame between a generally horizontal use position and a generally vertical stored position; and (e) a stop on said bracket to engage said frame when the frame is in a generally horizontal position.