Controllable motorcycle windshield

• US 4,353,590 A
• Filed: 04/25/1977
• Issued: 10/12/1982
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Yang, Foochow Yin-Lung
• Original Assignee: Yang Yin-Lung
• Inventors: Wei-Chuan, Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Robert R.
• Application Number:
  US05/790,425
• Time in Patent Office: 1,996 Days
• Field of Search: 296/78.1, 296/89, 292/228, 292/128, 292/DIG. 6, 292/DIG. 7
• US Class Current: 296/78.1
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 17/04 Windscreens

Abstract

A kind of controllable motorcycle windshield made of two pieces of transparent plastic plates or glasses, one of the plates is mounted stationary on the steering hand grip of the motorcycle, the other plate is slidable mounted between two tubular holders which are located at both sides of the stationary plate and can be controlled upward (extended) by a button type actuating mechanism, also it can be pushed down (retracted) overlapping the stationary plate and locked in position when the windshield is not in use.

Claims

1. An adjustable windshield for use on vehicles comprising:

a pair of tubular holders each having a longitudinal slot,

a first stationary transparent plate having opposed side edges fixedly secured to a respective one of said tubular holders adjacent said slots,

a second transparent plate having opposed side edges, means for slidably mounting said second plate on said tubular holders including a tubular rod slidably received within each of said tubular holders,

means for limiting the sliding movement of said rods within said holders,

a spring spindle fixedly secured to each tubular holder at the lower end thereof and resilient means positioned between each of said spring spindles and each of said tubular rods for raising said tubular rods to a raised position,

said side edges of said second transparent plate being secured to a respective one of said tubular rods through said longitudinal slots of said tubular holders, and latching means for releasably securing said second transparent plate with respect to said first transparent plate including a mounting frame fixedly secured at a bottom center back edge of the stationary plate, a spring loaded clamp pivotably mounted on said frame and having a portion thereof extending through an aperture in said first plate, a catch member fixed to a bottom center back edge of said second plate, and

means for pivoting said extending portion of said clamp into and out of engagement with said catch member thereby releasably securing said second transparent plate with respect to said first transparent plate, said resilient means urging said second transparent plate to a raised position when said extending portion is out of engagement with said catch member.