Motorcycle stand

Claim 1

A retractable stand for mounting on a motorcycle to support the same upright with it front wheel spaced above ground level, comprising: A. a stand member in the form of a rod of the configuration of an inverted letter U with two legs extending from a cross-bar to swing downwardly and forwardly from a first upper rearward retracted position to a second lower forwardly inclined effective position for supporting the motorcycle; B. a pair of bracket plates for mounting on the motorcycle on the forward part of the frame of the motorcycle, said plates being spaced apart from each other and having corresponding coaxial bushings journaling said stand member, and each of said plates being provided with a plurality of spaced apertures to receive screw means for fixedly anchoring the plate to the motorcycle; at least one of said plates having a laterally extending projection; and at least one of said plates having an arcuate slot spaced from its bushing, the radius of curvature of the arc of said slot radiating from the axis of the bushing; C. stop means to limit the swinging movement of the stand member between said two positions, said stop means comprising an element parallel to and spaced from the axis of the bushings, said element having a first end disposed horizontally to extend through the arcuate slot in said plate for movement therein; and means securing the second end of said element to the cross-bar of the U-shaped stand member to maintain said disposition of the first end in said arcuate slot; and D. a Tension spring connected at one end to said projection and at the other end to one of said legs, the points of connection of the spring with the projection and leg being positioned for the spring to swing past center as the stand member swings between said two positions, whereby the spring yieldingly holds the stand member at either of said two positions.