Attachable passenger seat for two-wheeled vehicle

• US 5,553,915 A
• Filed: 09/01/1994
• Issued: 09/10/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert Stamatakis
• Original Assignee: Robert Stamatakis
• Inventors: Stamatakis, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US08/299,374
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 297/195.13, 297/4, 297/183.9, 297/183.7, 297/183.1, 297/195.12, 297/195.1, 297/215.11, 297/215.12, 297/215.1, 297/230.1, 297/250.1, 297/243 , 297/352
• US Class Current: 297/195.13
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 1/162 Child seats specially adapted for motorcycles

Abstract

An attachable seat which can be fastened to a seat of a motorcycle or a motor scooter and has a flexible seat area which rests on the seat and connects two lateral pieces which partially reach over the seat and a backrest. A belt is attached to the lateral pieces and can be guided underneath the seat in a direction diagonal to the seat.

Claims

1. An attachable seat adapted to be secured on a vehicle seat having a seat portion and sides, said attachable seat having a backrest;

a seat area;

a pair of opposed side members joining said backrest and said seat area, said side members extending downwardly below the seat portion to thereby extend over and touch a sufficient part of the sides of the vehicle seat when the attachable seat is mounted on the vehicle seat to thereby restrain the attachable seat from moving transversely of the vehicle seat when it is attached thereto; and

a belt for fastening the attachable seat to the vehicle seat, the belt being attached to the side members and adapted to run underneath the vehicle seat when the attachable seat is mounted on the vehicle seat, in a direction transverse to the vehicle seat.

2. The attachable seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat area is flexible.

3. The attachable seat according to claim 1 further comprising another belt which is attached to the side members and which is adapted to be secured around an area in front of and underneath the vehicle seat when the attachable seat is mounted on the vehicle seat.

4. The attachable seat according to claim 3, further comprising a third belt arranged on an outside portion of the backrest and adapted to fasten the attachable seat to a luggage carrier or a pillion bar behind the attachable seat.

5. The attachable seat according to claim 1, wherein the side members diverge from each other as the side members extend downwardly.

6. The attachable seat according to claim 1, wherein the backrest has an extension which partially reaches over the vehicle seat when the attachable seat is mounted on the vehicle seat.

7. The attachable seat according to claim 1, further comprising a handle on an outside portion of each side member.

8. The attachable seat according to claim 1, further comprising a foot rest belt which is transverse to the vehicle seat and which has a foot rest on both sides of the vehicle seat when the attachable seat is mounted on the vehicle seat.

9. The attachable seat according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle seat is a motorcycle seat.

10. In combination, a motorcycle and the attachable seat according to claim 1.