Patent Application
20110089654
The invention is a motorcycle positioning creeper that allows a motorcycle to be easily mounted on the positioning creeper and easily moved to any desired position on a horizontal surface.
Motorcycles are important vehicles in daily life and can be roughly divided into two categories, light motorcycles and heavy motorcycles. Moving motorcycles is strenuous because motorcycles are heavy to people, especially large motorcycles.
In a motorcycle shop or showroom, heavy motorcycles must be moved and adjusted to a good exhibition position. Large motorcycles are heavy and are not easy to move into confined spaces so they must be lifted and moved with a jack or other large appliance. However, space in a heavy motorcycle shop or showroom is usually limited, and moving heavy motorcycles is inconvenient.
In addition, a person who has a car and a large motorcycle often parks the car and motorcycle in a garage. Most garages have a narrow driveway that is long enough to park a large motorcycle in front of the car. After the motorcycle is driven into the garage, the motorcycle needs to be turned around so it can be driven easily out of the garage. However, a large motorcycle is difficult to turn around because of limited space in the garage and the weight of the motorcycle.
P.R.C. Patent No. CN2238115Y published on Oct. 23, 1996, titled “Ground sliding creeper for repairing car” disclosed a creeper having a front board, a rear board, a front roller, a rear roller, two front wheels and two rear wheels. The rear board is connected to the front board. The front roller is mounted under the front board and has two ends. The rear roller is mounted under the rear board and has two ends. The two front wheels are mounted respectively on the ends of the front roller. The two rear wheels are mounted respectively on the ends of the rear roller. A person lies on the ground sliding creeper under a car and moves back and forth to a desired position to repair the car. However, the ground sliding creeper cannot be used to move a large motorcycle.
The main objective of the present invention is to provide a motorcycle positioning creeper that allows a medium to large motorcycle to be easily mounted on the positioning creeper and easily moved to any desired position on a horizontal surface such as a showroom floor or storage area.
The motorcycle positioning creeper in accordance with the present invention comprises an H-frame support panel and four wheels. The H-frame support panel comprises a low slung panel, four protrusions and four protrusion strengtheners. The low slung panel has a front, a rear and four corners. The protrusions are formed individually at the corners, protrude up and out and are separated from adjacent protrusions by a distance greater than a motorcycle tire width, and each protrusion has a sloped connector and a raised mounting surface. The sloped connectors are formed individually on and protrude up from the corners. The raised mounting surfaces are formed individually on the sloped connectors. The four protrusion strengtheners are mounted individually at the corners, and each protrusion strengthener connects to the low slung panel and the corresponding sloped connector and raised mounting surface. The four wheels are mounted rotatably respectively under the four raised mounting surfaces.
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The H-frame support panel (11) comprises a low slung panel (111), four protrusions (112) and four protrusion strengtheners (113).
The low slung panel (111) is rectangular and symmetrical and has a top surface, a bottom surface, two sides, a front, a rear, four corners and two optional support panel recesses (1111). The support panel recesses (1111) may be curved and are formed on the low slung panel (111) respectively at the front and rear to guide the tire onto the low slung panel (111). It is designed to minimize the cutting damages caused by moving the motorcycle onto uncurved creeper, with the curve, it will protect tires from cutting damages.
The protrusions (112) are formed individually on the corners of the low slung panel (111), protrude up and out from the corners, are separated from adjacent protrusions (112) on opposite sides by a distance greater than a motorcycle tire width so the tire can roll between protrusions (112) at the front and protrusions (112) at the rear and a center-stand kickstand or a rear wheel can be positioned on the low slung panel (111). Each protrusion (112) comprises a sloped connector (1121) and a raised mounting surface (1122).
The sloped connectors (1121) are formed individually on and protrude individually up from the corners and may protrude longitudinally or transversely. Each sloped connector (1121) has an upper end.
The raised mounting surfaces (1122) are formed individually on the upper ends of the sloped connectors (1121) and may be parallel to the low slung panel (111) and each of the raised mounting surfaces (1122) may have an interior corner (11221) that is used for the center-stand kickstand (21) being pressed downward to jack up the motorcycle.
The protrusion strengtheners (113) are mounted respectively at the corners, and each protrusion strengthener (113) connects to the low slung panel (111) and the corresponding sloped connector (1121) and raised mounting surface (1122) to keep the sloped connector (1121) and raised mounting surface (1122) from bending when supporting a motorcycle (20).
The four wheels (12) are mounted rotatably respectively under the four raised mounting surfaces (1122) so the motorcycle (20) can be easily moved in any direction to any desired position after the center-stand kickstand of the motorcycle is raised on the low slung panel (111). Furthermore, each of the wheels (12) may have an optional wheel lock (121).
A person knowledgeable in the art will understand that various changes could be made without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention. The above-described embodiment is intended to illustrate the present invention and not to limit the scope of the present invention.
