Universal motorcycle frame slide protector

• US 6,969,082 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2004
• Issued: 11/29/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Performance Industries Manufacturing, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Performance Industries Manufacturing, Inc.
• Inventors: Griffin, Matthew, Geberth, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris, Lesley D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yeagley, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US10/751,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20050146114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 694 Days
• Field of Search: 280/288.4, 280/291, 280/293, 280/298, 280/304.3, 280/755, 280/848, 180/232, D12/167, 293/105, 293/142
• US Class Current: 280/291
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 23/00 Other protectors specially adapted for cycles
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 27/30 Crash bars; Crash bungs

Abstract

The device includes an aluminum base member, a durable plastic puck and a stainless steel bolt, each of the foregoing having a hollow channel through the center. The base member is mounted to the motorcycle frame. Using the hollow bolt, the puck member is mounted to the exposed end of the base member. By removing the hollow bolt, the puck member can be replaced easily.

Claims

1. A universal slide frame protector device for use on a motorcycle, the protector device comprising:

a) an aluminum base member having a center channel formed through a middle portion thereof and an outwardly extending shaft portion positioned at a proximal end of the base member, the outwardly extending shaft portion having a center axis in axial alignment with the base member center channel, the base member attaching to the motorcycle by a first bolt inserting through the base member center channel and the outwardly extending shaft portion center axis and into a bolt hole formed on the motorcycle, the base member outwardly extending shaft portion being received by an opening formed in the motorcycle around the bolt hole,

b) a cylindrical puck member having a channel formed through a center axis, the puck member channel in axial alignment with the base member center channel and shaft portion center axis, and

c) a second hollow bolt having a threaded end and a cylindrical head portion forming a lip for removably securing the puck member to the bass member.

2. The universal slide protector device of claim 1, further comprising the base member having a first lip located at a center portion thereof and a second lip at a distal end forming a middle portion there between.

3. The universal slide protector device of claim 2, wherein the base member middle portion is concave shaped.

4. The universal slide protector device of claim 2, wherein the base member middle portion is cylindrically shaped.

5. The universal slide protector device of claim 2, wherein the base member middle portion is conical in shaped.

6. The universal slide protector device of claim 1, wherein an inner circumference of the base member channel is threaded at its distal end for receiving the threaded end of the second hollow bolt.

7. The universal slide protector device of claim 1, wherein a shoulder is formed along an inner circumference of the base member near a proximal end for narrowing the inner circumference of the base member channel from the shoulder to the proximal end.

8. The universal slide protector device of claim 1, wherein the puck member has a flat proximal end and a rounded distal end.

9. The universal slide protector device of claim 1, wherein the puck member has a shoulder formed along an inner circumference of the channel near the puck member proximal end for narrowing the circumference of the puck member channel from the shoulder to its proximal end.

10. The universal slide protector device of claim 1, wherein the head portion of the second hollow bolt has a polygonal shaped opening.

12. The universal slide protector device of claim 2, wherein the base member middle portion is concave shaped.

13. The universal slide protector device of claim 2, wherein the base member middle portion is cylindrically shaped.

14. The universal slide protector device of claim 2, wherein the base member middle portion is conical in shaped.

11. A universal slide frame protector device for use on a motorcycle, the protector device comprising:

a) an aluminum base member having a first lip located at a center portion thereof and a second lip located at a distal end thereof forming a middle portion there between, a center channel formed through the base member and having a threaded portion, an outwardly extending shaft portion positioned at a proximal end of the base member, the outwardly extending shaft portion having a center axis in axial alignment with the base member center channel, the base member attaching to the motorcycle by a first bolt inserting through the base member center channel and the outwardly extending shaft portion center axis and into a bolt hole formed on the motorcycle, the base member outwardly extending shaft portion being received by an opening formed in the motorcycle around the bolt hole,

b) a cylindrical puck member having a channel formed through a center axis and a shoulder portion formed along an inner circumference of the channel, the puck member channel in axial alignment with the base member center channel and the shaft portion center axis, and

c) a second hollow bolt having a threaded end and a cylindrical head portion forming a lip for securing the puck member to the bass member by the second bolt head portion lip resting upon the puck member shoulder portion and the threaded end engaging the base member center channel threaded portion.