Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. MacEachern

Lawrence A. MacEachern has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8016312
    Abstract: A wheeled center stand for motorcycles. The center stand incorporates a spine rotatably attached to a frame, and at least one leg rigidly attached to the spine. The frame is attached to a motorcycle frame cross-member. At least one wheel is rotatably mounted to an extreme of a leg opposite the spine. The center stand may be extended and retracted conventionally, using a foot lever mounted to one of the legs. The wheels may be swiveling wheels or non-swiveling wheels. In the preferred embodiment, each non-swiveling wheel was mounted at a 20 degree offset relative to a stand centerline. When extended, a motorcycle to which the wheeled center stand is mounted may be rotated relative to a surface upon which it rests, such as a garage floor, with a minimum of effort. Nut plates are also taught which facilitate the mounting of the stand to a motorcycle frame cross-member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Lawrence A. MacEachern
  • Publication number: 20100213686
    Abstract: A wheeled center stand for motorcycles. The center stand incorporates a spine rotatably attached to a frame, and at least one leg rigidly attached to the spine. The frame is attached to a motorcycle frame cross-member. At least one wheel is rotatably mounted to an extreme of a leg opposite the spine. The center stand may be extended and retracted conventionally, using a foot lever mounted to one of the legs. The wheels may be swiveling wheels or non-swiveling wheels. In the preferred embodiment, each non-swiveling wheel was mounted at a 20 degree offset relative to a stand centerline. When extended, a motorcycle to which the wheeled center stand is mounted may be rotated relative to a surface upon which it rests, such as a garage floor, with a minimum of effort. Nut plates are also taught which facilitate the mounting of the stand to a motorcycle frame cross-member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Lawrence A. MacEachern
  • Patent number: 6338470
    Abstract: A lifting rack for elevating motorcycles or other two-wheeled vehicles for ease of maintenance. The rack comprises a channel with a base plate that may be laid flat on a ground or floor surface, and upstanding side walls that provide lateral stability for a two-wheeled vehicle as the vehicle wheels are positioned on the base plate. The rack also comprises ground or floor surface engaging rails. A linkage mechanism connects the rails to the channel. A hydraulic motor, anchored on the rails, applies a lifting force to the linkage elements, thereby creating a vertical lift force component, the base plate supporting the vehicle wheels as the vehicle lifted. One end of the channel may be separated from the main portion of the channel and separately articulated on the rails, whereby one vehicle wheel may overhang the end of main channel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventors: Kevin L. Steely, Lawrence A. MacEachern
  • Patent number: D344835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Inventor: Lawrence A. MacEachern