With Actuator Patents (Class 280/43.17)
  • Patent number: 6186727
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a transporting assembly for maneuvering a motorcycle around a garage or onto the back bed of a tow truck. The transporting assembly includes a rear chock associated with the back side of the front wheel, a front chock associated with the front side of the front wheel, and a dolly coupled to both front and rear chocks. The dolly has an actuator which causes the dolly to extend two of its arms to raise the transporting assembly off the floor, so that when the front wheel of the cycle is strapped onto the transporting assembly, as the dolly is actuated, the transporting assembly, along with the front wheel of the cycle, raises off of the floor. The free ends of the arms are coupled to a wheel so that the entire transporting assembly and the cycle may be maneuvered about the floor by a single operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Inventor: Steven P. Hamilton