Patent Grant
9302726
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Various types of motorcycle attachments are known in the prior art. However, what has been needed is a helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit including a pair of identical L-shaped first mounting brackets, with each of the pair of first mounting brackets having a pair of first threaded apertures, a pair of second threaded apertures, a pair of first mounting bolts, and a pair of second mounting bolts. The pair of first mounting bolts of each of the pair of first mounting brackets and the pair of second mounting bolts of each of the pair of first mounting brackets are configured to removably attach a right mounting bracket of the pair of first mounting brackets to a top surface of a right side of a pair of motorcycle passenger floorboards and a left mounting bracket of the pair of first mounting brackets to a top surface of a left side of the pair of motorcycle passenger floorboards. What has been further needed is a second mounting bracket having a continuous notch and a threaded opening. A third mounting bolt removably attaches the second mounting bracket to a motorcycle. Lastly, what has been needed is for each of the right mounting bracket and the left mounting bracket of the pair of first mounting brackets to forwardly extend each of the right side and the left side, respectively, of the pair of motorcycle such that the first mounting bracket is configured to forwardly extend the motorcycle passenger floorboard approximately 2.5 inches, and the second mounting bracket is configured to releasably hang a helmet. The kit thus provides a passenger on a motorcycle with a more comfortable seating position by forwardly extending a pair of motorcycle passenger floorboards. The second mounting bracket of the kit also provides a motorcycle rider with an easy and convenient way to hang and store his helmet while the helmet is not in use.
The present invention relates to attachments for motorcycles, and more particularly, to a helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit.
The general purpose of the present helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a helmet bracket and a motorcycle floorboard mount which have many novel features that result in a helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof.
To accomplish this, the present helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit includes a pair of identical L-shaped first mounting brackets. Each of the pair of first mounting brackets has a front surface, a left side surface perpendicularly disposed to the front surface, a right side surface perpendicularly disposed to the front surface, a curved right rear surface, and a left rear surface perpendicularly disposed to the left side surface. Each of the pair of first mounting brackets further comprises a pair of first threaded apertures and a pair of second threaded apertures. The pair of first apertures is continuously disposed from the front surface proximal the left side surface to the left rear surface. A top first threaded aperture of the pair of first apertures is disposed parallel to a bottom first threaded aperture of the pair of first apertures. The pair of second apertures is continuously disposed from front surface proximal the right side surface to the right rear surface. A top second threaded aperture of the pair of second apertures is disposed parallel to a bottom second threaded aperture of the pair of second apertures.
One of a pair of first mounting bolts is configured to selectively threadably engage each of the pair of first apertures, and one of a pair of second mounting bolts is configured to selectively threadably engage each of the pair of second apertures. The pair of first mounting bolts of each of the pair of first mounting brackets and the pair of second mounting bolts of each of the pair of first mounting brackets are configured to removably attach a right mounting bracket of the pair of first mounting brackets to a top surface of a right side of a pair of motorcycle passenger floorboards and a left mounting bracket of the pair of first mounting brackets to a left side of the pair of motorcycle passenger floorboards.
A height of each of the pair of first mounting brackets from the front surface of the first mounting bracket to the left rear surface of the first mounting bracket is approximately 2.5 inches, and a length of each of the pair of first mounting brackets from the left side surface of the first mounting bracket to the right side surface of the first mounting bracket is approximately 4 inches. These dimensions allow the first mounting bracket to be configured to forwardly extend the motorcycle passenger floorboard approximately 2.5 inches.
The present helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit further includes a second cylindrical mounting bracket. The second mounting bracket has a top surface, a bottom surface, and an exterior surface. A continuous notch is substantially medially disposed between the top surface of the second mounting bracket and the bottom surface of the second mounting bracket on the exterior surface of the second mounting bracket. A threaded opening is continuously disposed from the top surface of the second mounting bracket to the bottom surface of the second mounting bracket. A third mounting bolt is configured to selectively threadably engage the opening and removably attach the second mounting bracket to a rear side of a motorcycle.
A height of the second mounting bracket is approximately 2.5 inches, and a diameter of the second mounting bracket is approximately 1.125 inches. These dimensions configure the second mounting bracket to releasably hang a helmet. The first mounting bracket and the second mounting bracket are optionally aluminum.
Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular
Referring to
One of a pair of first mounting bolts 44 is configured to selectively threadably engage each of the pair of first apertures 32, and one of a pair of second mounting bolts 46 is configured to selectively threadably engage each of the pair of second apertures 38. The pair of first mounting bolts 44 of each of the pair of first mounting brackets 20 and the pair of second mounting bolts 46 of each of the pair of first mounting brackets 20 are configured to removably attach a right mounting bracket 21 of the pair of first mounting brackets 20 to a top surface 48 of a right side 23 of a pair of motorcycle passenger floorboards 25 and a left mounting bracket 27 of the pair of first mounting brackets 20 to a top surface 31 of a left side 29 of the pair of motorcycle passenger floorboards 25.
The present helmet bracket and motorcycle floorboard mount kit 10 further includes a second cylindrical mounting bracket 52. The second mounting bracket 52 has a top surface 54, a bottom surface 56, and an exterior surface 58. A continuous notch 60 is substantially medially disposed between the top surface 54 of the second mounting bracket 52 and the bottom surface 56 of the second mounting bracket 52 on the exterior surface 58 of the second mounting bracket 52. A threaded opening 62 is continuously disposed from the top surface 54 of the second mounting bracket 52 to the bottom surface 56 of the second mounting bracket 52. A third mounting bolt 64 is configured to selectively threadably engage the opening 62 and removably attach the second mounting bracket 52 to a rear side 66 of a motorcycle 68.
| Number | Name | Date | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3837545 | Rogers, Jr. | Sep 1974 | A |
| 5127561 | Miyamoto | Jul 1992 | A |
| 8002125 | Van Wyk | Aug 2011 | B2 |
