Motorcycle kickstand and detent mechanism
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Jan 7, 2003
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Aug 23, 2000
filing date -
Aug 23, 2000
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A vehicle stand, particularly a kickstand for motorcycles, includes a support arm and a angularly turned portion of the arm. The angularly turned portion is rotatably received in the bore of a carrier block, and the block is pivotally mounted in a bracket. The bracket is mounted to a vehicle and includes a locking slot at the top portion. A corresponding locking bar is provided at the top of the angularly turned portion of the support arm. When the kickstand is in the vehicle supporting position, this bar engages the slot when the weight of the vehicle is placed on the arm. The block includes a hole for receiving a compression spring to bias the block and consequently the angularly turned portion of the arm toward the unlocked position where the bar is removed from the slot. The carrier block also includes a ball detent mechanism including a threaded plug biasing a urethane plug against a hardened steel ball. The angularly turned portion includes two recesses corresponding to the detent ball to lock the kickstand in both a raised and lowered position.
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