Patent ID: 7278560

Claim:
A motorcycle saddlebag mounting device structured to removeably attach to a motorcycle having a left and a right side and left and right footrests removeably attachable to corresponding left and right footrest elements, where the left and right footrest elements are not a swing arm pivot point, the saddlebag mounting device comprising: a left elongate member removeably attachable to the left motorcycle footrest element; a right elongate member removeably attachable to the right motorcycle footrest element; a substantially L-shaped left member removeably attachable to at least one left motorcycle mounting element; a substantially L-shaped right member removeably attachable to at least one right motorcycle mounting element, where each substantially L-shaped member comprises a substantially vertically extending portion attachable to a respective one of the left and right elongate members, and a substantially horizontally extending portion having a cantilevered free end, with a bent portion between the substantially horizontally extending portion and the substantially vertically extending portion, such that the substantially horizontally extending portion extends only in one direction from the substantially vertically extending portion; and a coupler structured to removeably attach to the left and right elongate members, where each of the left and right members include two motorcycle attachment elements and two saddlebag attachment elements.