Patent ID: 7290632

Claim:
In combination: (a) a motorcycle having a frame; (b) a structure to be mounted on said frame; and (c) a locking assembly for locking said structure on said frame including (i) a latch pin mounted on the motorcycle frame, (ii) a latch housing mounted on said structure and having a passage into which said latch pin extends, (iii) a latch lever pivotably mounted in said housing and pivotable into a latching position in which it engages said latch pin to prevent its retraction from the latch housing, biasing means biasing said latch lever into said latching position, a key lock mounted on the exterior of said structure and including a rotatable shaft, latch lever engaging means on said shaft engageable with said latch lever to effect its pivoting against the biasing action of said biasing means to disengage said latch lever from said latch pin and permit said structure to be disengaged from said latch pin, said latch pin having two frustoconical portions along its axial length which provide a pair of shoulders beneath which said latching lever is engageable.