Patent ID: 7661761

Claim:
A motorcycle backrest comprising: a pair of side plates, each of said plates having an outer surface, an inner surface, an upper end and a lower end with a stabilizing arm extending from said lower end, said lower end and said stabilizing arm each including a notch, the notch on said stabilizing arm receiving a rear mounting post secured to a motorcycle fender; a rotary, releasable latch adjacent the notch on said lower end that releasably grips a front mounting post secured to the motorcycle fender to anchor the plate thereto; a serrated adjustment disc on the inner surface of each of said plates, said disc having a central passageway; a pair of elongated, hollow receiver tubes each having an outer surface and an open upper end; a serrated annulus on the outer surface of each of said tubes that intermeshes with said serrated adjustment disc to incrementally fix the tubes at a select angle; a backrest having a pair of side rails depending therefrom, each of said side rails received within the open upper end of one of said tubes; means for securing said side rails at a select height relative to said tubes.