Patent ID: 8104588

Claim:
An apparatus for supporting a motorcycle in an upright position, comprising: a base; a wheel stop coupled to the base; a cradle pivotably coupled to the base, the cradle including a pair of slidable clamp members; a spring disposed intermediate the pair of clamp members along a pivot axis, where the cradle is pivotable about the pivot axis between an entry position and clamped position; and a plurality of cam mechanisms, each of the plurality of cam mechanisms having a first cam and a second cam, each first cam being coupled to one of the pair of clamp members and the second cam being coupled to the base, wherein as the cradle pivots the first cam is guided along a surface of the second cam to move the clamp members toward or away from each other; further wherein, the pair of clamp members are biased away from each other by the spring in the entry and clamped positions.