Package and article carriers – Vehicle attached – Carrier attached cycle
Reexamination Certificate
2002-02-12
2003-10-14
Elkins, Gary E. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Vehicle attached
Carrier attached cycle
C224S315000, C224S431000, C224S435000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06631835
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an object storing case of a motorcycle, and more particularly, an object storing case that can be easily operated from a fixed and closed position to a removable but closed one, and a fixed but opened one.
A motorcycle can be equipped with an object storing case behind the seat such that it can carry more objects. Referring to
FIGS. 1
,
2
and
3
, a conventional object storing case of a motorcycle includes a holding part
10
, a cover
20
, locking member
30
, and a depressible block
50
. The cover
20
is pivoted to a front portion of the holding part
10
at a front portion thereof, and has an engaging trench
201
(
FIG. 1
) on the inner side of a rear portion.
The holding part
10
has a stopping plate
40
, a through hole
302
, and a depressible block
50
at the rear portion. The depressible block
50
has a stopping. protrusion
501
opposing the stopping plate
40
, and a blocked part
502
sticking inwardly of the holding part
10
. The depressible block
50
is biased outwardly of the holding part
10
by an elastic element connected to the blocked part
502
such that the rear end portion of the block
50
normally sticks out from the through hole
302
.
The locking member
30
has an elongated shape, and is pivoted to the rear portion of the holding part
10
from a middle part thereof such that it can be operated like a lever; the upper end of the locking member
30
has a hooked shape to unlockably engage the engaging trench
201
of the cover
20
; the lower portion of the locking member
30
is equipped with a lock device
301
, which needs to be used together with a key, and has an engaging plate.
303
.
The storing case is removably fixed to a rear object supporting portion
60
of a motorcycle with the blocked part
502
of the depressible block
50
being engaged with a blocking part
601
of the rear supporting portion
60
. When the cover
20
is closed, and the lock device
301
is moved to a locking position where the engaging plate
303
engages both the stopping plate
40
and stopping protrusion
501
, the cover can be fixed in position by means of the upper hooked end of the locking member
30
engaging the trench
201
of the cover
20
. In order for the storing case to be removable from the rear supporting portion
60
, the lock device
301
is moved to an unlocking position where the engaging plate
303
disengages both the stopping plate
40
and the stopping, protrusion
501
and where the cover
20
can be opened, thus allowing the depressible block
50
to be pressed into the through hole
302
for the blocked part
502
to disengage the blocking part
60
.
From the above description, it can be easily seen that the conventional storing case of a motorcycle has a drawback that it can't be removed from the motorcycle unless the lock device
301
is first moved to the unlocking position where the cover
20
can be opened. In other words, the cover
20
becomes unwantedly openable when the whole storing case is being moved from the motorcycle. In addition, a key has to be used for closing and opening the cover, causing the user inconvenience.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is a main object of the present invention to provide an object storing case, of which the cover is fixed in locked position when the same is being removed from a motorcycle; thus, the same can be operated among three positions: (1) the cover being closed and the storing case fixed to the motorcycle; (2) the cover being opened and the storing case fixed to the motorcycle; (3) the cover being closed and the storing case removed from the motorcycle.
The object storing case of a motorcycle of the present invention includes a cover, a holding part, a connecting part, and a locking assembly. The cover has an engaging trench at an inner side of a rear portion. The cover is pivoted to the holding part from a front portion. The connecting part is fixedly disposed in a recess of the rear side of the holding part.
The locking assembly includes a locking member, a fixing plate, a stopping plate, a combination lock, and an operating member.
The locking member is pivoted to the connecting part, and has a sloping slot. The fixing plate is pivoted to the connecting part from a middle, and pivoted to the locking member from a lower end. The fixing plate can disengagably engage the trench of the cover from an upper hooked portion.
The stopping plate is up and down movably placed between the connecting part and the locking member, and has an inverted-V shaped slot at a middle. The combination lock is fitted to the locking member for unlockably locking the stopping plate.
The operating member is passed through both the sloping slot and the connecting part from a spindle, and has a commoving pole passed through the inverted-V shaped slot so as to be stopped from turning when the stopping plate is locked with the combination lock. The operating member has an operated portion, and an engaging element at an outer, and an inner end of the spindle respectively; the engaging element can separably engage a blocking pair at a rear support of a motorcycle for fixing the case on the rear support.
Thus, when the operating member is turned for the operated portion to be aligned with the sloping slot, the cover can be opened. And, when the cover is closed and the operated portion crosses the sloping slot at a second position with the stopping plate being locked with the combination lock, the case is fixed to the motorcycle and the cover can't be opened. When the operated portion crosses the sloping slot at a third position, the case is removable from the motorcycle with the cover still being closed.
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Elkins Gary E.
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
Tian Shwu Co., Ltd.
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