Patent ID: 7318624

Claim:
A mounting assembly for mounting an end of a strut of a backrest for a motorcycle to a support bracket, the support bracket having a non-circular mounting opening therein, a pivot assembly including a pivot disc having a support lug adapted to fit within the non-circular opening of the support bracket, a support strut pivotally mounted relative to the pivot disc on a pivot axis, said pivot disc having a central bore centered on the pivot axis, a latch dog rotatably mounted in a position fixed axially relative to the pivot disc and at an outer end of the lug and rotatable relative to the pivot disc, and a hand actuator for moving the latch dog from an unlatched position wherein the latch dog will pass through the non-circular opening of the bracket, to a latched position where the axial position of the latch dog permits the latch dog to be positioned on an opposite side of the support bracket to lock the support lug in the non-circular opening of the support bracket.