Combined fuel tank protective cover and thigh grip pad for motorcycles

• US 4,068,859 A
• Filed: 06/11/1976
• Issued: 01/17/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Melvin M. Dittman
• Original Assignee: Melvin M. Dittman
• Inventors: Dittman, Melvin M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Schrecengost, R.
• Application Number:
  US05/695,264
• Time in Patent Office: 585 Days
• Field of Search: 180/35, 180/33 R, 280/289 E, 280/289 S, 280/289 G, 280/289 R, 224/29 R, 224/34, 224/42.42 R, 224/32 R, 150/52 K, 296/78.1, 2/263
• US Class Current: 280/304.4
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 23/00 Other protectors specially adapted for cycles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 25/02 Knee grips, e.g. on fuel tanks
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 35/00 Fuel tanks specially adapted for motorcycles or engine-assisted cycles; Arrangements thereof fuel tanks forming part of cycle frames B62K11/00; tanks in general B60K ; closure caps for fuel tanks B60K15/0406
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/25 to the fuel tank, e.g. magnetic tank bags

Abstract

A combined protective cover and rider'"'"'s safety leg grip pad device for removable mounting on a motorcycle fuel tank. A flexible pad panel enwrapping the fuel tank is maintained under tension by removable connector means extending between opposite side edges of the pad panel beneath the tank, such edges being stiffened by rods extending longitudinally through hem loops formed along such side edges and forming a means of attachment for the fastener means.

Claims

1. A combined protective cover and rider'"'"'s leg grip pad device for removable mounting on a motorcycle fuel tank having contiguous top, sides and bottom exterior surfaces extending forwardly from the motorcycle rider'"'"'s seat, said cover and grip pad device comprising a pad panel member of flexible and elastically stretchable sheet material having a transverse span between opposite side edges to permit drawing such edges transversely inward into mutual proximity beneath the tank with said panel member draped transversely over and enwrapping said tank, and fastener means for removably interconnecting said opposite edges extending inwardly into mutual proximity beneath the tank with the panel member maintained thereby in tension enwrapping the tank and stretched transversely of such panel member througout the length thereof so as to conform to and snugly fit the fuel tank.

2. The device defined in claim 1 wherein the pad member opposite side edges are hemmed longitudinally to form loops extending along said edges and are slotted at interval locations along the length of such loops, and a stiffener rod extending reinforcingly lengthwise through each such loop, the fastener means being connected to and extending between the stiffener rods of said opposite side edges through such slots.

3. The device defined in claim 2 wherein the pad panel member has at least one aperture therein situated intermediate its edges and adapted to accommodate a fuel tank fitting projecting therethrough.

4. The device defined in claim 3 wherein th pad panel member has an enclosure pouch formed on its top when mounted, adapted for storage of materials therein.

5. The device defined in claim 1 wherein the pad panel member has an enclosure pouch formed on its top when mounted, adapted for storage of materials therein.

6. The device defined in claim 2 wherein the pad panel member comprises a soft flexible plastic material.

7. The device defined in claim 6 wherein the plastic is backed by a soft fabric bonded thereto, for contacting the fuel tank surfaces.

8. The device defined in claim 2 wherein the pad panel member has an aperture therein located and sized to accomodate a fuel tank outlet fitting adjacent the base and one side of the tank and a slot leading from one side edge of the pad panel member into said aperture, which slot is opened by removal of the associated stiffener rod in the edge loop.

9. The device defined in claim 6 wherein the plastic material comprises polyvinyl chloride.