Bicycle kickstand foot

• US 4,846,491 A
• Filed: 08/01/1988
• Issued: 07/11/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jose L. Caceres
• Original Assignee: Jose L. Caceres
• Inventors: Caceres, Jose L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McGrehan, Donn
• Application Number:
  US07/226,390
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 280/296, 280/301, 280/298, 280/304
• US Class Current: 280/301
• CPC Class Codes: B62H 1/02 Articulated stands, e.g. in the shape of hinged arms B62H1/10 takes precedence

Abstract

An improved vehicle kickstand foot comprising a clamp member for securing said kickstand foot to said kickstand, and an elongated, generally U-shaped member pivotally secured to said clamp member and movable between an extended position projecting laterally to said kickstand to distribute the weight of said vehicle on a soft surface and a retracted position lying substantially parallel to said kickstand to minimize wind resistance and snagging when the vehicle is in motion.

Claims

1. A kickstand foot comprising:

a clamp member for securing said foot to a vehicle kickstand, said clamp member having a central boss formed on one side thereof and having inwardly inclined surfaces formed on either side of said boss;

an elongated, generally U-shaped member pivotally secured to said clamp member and movable between an extended position projecting laterally to said kickstand to distribute the weight of said vehicle on a soft surface and a retracted position lying substantially parallel to said kickstand to minimize wind resistance and snagging when the vehicle is in motion, one end of said elongated member being bifurcated and having openings formed in the arms of said bifurcated and;

upper arms formed on each side of said bifurcated end of said elongated member, said arms projecting inwardly to resiliently engage said inclined surfaces of said clamp member to releasably lock said elongated member in its extended position; and

pin means projecting outwardly from opposite sides of said clamp member and engaging the openings of the arms of said bifurcated end of said elongated member to pivotally secure said elongated member to said clamp member.

2. The kickstand foot of claim 1 wherein:

said elongated member is formed with the sidewalls thereof spaced apart as distance approximately equal to the diameter of said kickstand.

3. The kickstand foot of claim 1 wherein:

said clamp member is formed with a channel extending vertically therethrough to receive said kickstand.

4. The kickstand foot of claim 3 wherein:

said channel is circular in cross-section and is sized to correspond to the diameter of said kickstand.

5. The kickstand foot of claim 3 wherein:

said channel is hexagonal in cross-section.

6. The kickstand of claim 1 wherein:

said openings in said arms of said bifurcated end are elongated slots which permit sliding and pivoting motion of said elongated member with respect to said clamp member.

7. The kickstand foot of claim 6 further comprising:

flange means projecting outwardly from the upper and lower edges of said clamp member to releasably receive the ends of the arms of said bifurcated end of said elongated member.