Patents by Inventor Thomas D. Shumard

Thomas D. Shumard 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).

  • Mounting hardware for a motorcycle fairing
    Patent number: 4423901
    Abstract: A motorcycle fairing mounting apparatus having a pair of vertically spaced, transversely extending cross members which mate with the motorcycle frame and support a pair of longitudinally extending side plates having upwardly facing mounting surfaces which mate with complementary mounting surfaces of a fairing. The central portion of the lower cross member is bowed downwardly from the ends of the cross members. In a preferred form of the apparatus, a forward portion of each side plate converges forwardly toward the other side plate forward portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: First Champaign Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Shumard, Peter B. Evans, Charles M. Perethian