Motor cycle accessories

• US 6,896,278 B1
• Filed: 10/27/2000
• Issued: 05/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Grant Hepburn
• Original Assignee: Grant Hepburn
• Inventors: Hepburn, Grant
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, HAU VAN
• Application Number:
  US09/697,647
• Time in Patent Office: 1,670 Days
• Field of Search: 280/304.3, 280/281.1, 280/288.4, 280/290, 280/770, 280/848, 280/833, 180/219, 180/229, 180/225, 219/203
• US Class Current: 280/304.3
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 23/00 Other protectors specially adapted for cycles
• 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

Abstract

A protector device for a motorcycle includes at least one impact resistant cover member which is configured to cover a part of a motorcycle that is prone to damage by flying debris. The, or each, cover member is removably attachable to said part of the motorcycle.

Claims

1. A motorcycle fuel tank protector comprising a pair of resilient cover members each of which is shaped to substantially conform to and bound a respective side frontal portion of the fuel tank that is prone to stone chip damage, each cover member being removably attachable to and spaced from said corresponding side frontal portion in use solely by a plurality of resilient suction connectors distributed over the inner surface of said cover member, each said suction connector including a suction cup portion releasably engageable with said side frontal portion.

2. A motorcycle fuel tank protector as claimed in claim 1, in which each cover member is of a transparent material so that said fuel tank is visible beneath the motorcycle fuel tank protector.

3. A motorcycle fuel tank protector as claimed in claim 1, in which each cover member is of a flexible material.

4. A motorcycle fuel tank protector as claimed in claim 1, in which each cover member is of a plastics material.

5. A motorcycle fuel tank protector as claimed in claim 1, in which each suction connector includes an attachment formation that extends from the suction cup, each cover member having a number of complementary attachment formations, each attachment formation of the suction connectors being releasably engageable with a respective complementary attachment formation.

6. A motorcycle fuel tank protector as claimed in claim 5, in which each complementary attachment formation is in the form of an opening defined in the cover member, each attachment formation being received in each respective opening to engage the cover member.