Abstract: A combination backrest and storage compartment for a motorcycle or the like includes a bag made of flexible material, dimensioned to fit in the space between the driver's seat and the sissy bar of the motorcycle. A rigid frame is removably located within the bag, and the front of the frame is connected to the back of the frame by an elongated rigid brace. A flexible strap member is attached to the bag and extends around the front of the bag to allow it to be releasably secured to the sissy bar to pull the bag, and the frame located within the bag, rearwardly into tight engagement with the sissy bar. This secures the combination bag and storage compartment onto the motorcycle. A padded lumbar support backrest is attached to the outside of the bag adjacent the driver's seat.

Abstract: This invention relates to printing stations. Such structures of this type, generally, proved for a printing station to be located in the back of mass transit vehicle seats such that the mass transit rider can be able to view and subsequently print that viewed information.

Abstract: A holder for a helmet including a seat strap that is attachable to a motorcycle seat; and a top piece having a central portion for placement over a motorcycle helmet. Two seat clips may be used to enable attachment of the seat strap to a motorcycle seat. Two tri-slides enable attachment of the top piece to the seat strap by means of top straps located on the sides of the central portion.

Abstract: A readily removable storage unit for mounting on the rear fender of a motorcycle comprising a storage compartment member defining an open cavity and a cover pivotably mounted on the compartment member adjacent its front end for movement between a cavity closing position and an open position. A lock is provided on the compartment member and the cover adjacent the rear wall for securing the cover in the cavity closing position. A fastener on the bottom wall of the compartment member is engageable with the rear fender of the motorcycle, and the saddle and compartment member have a cooperating releasable tongue and bracket so that the storage unit is mounted by first engaging the saddle and then engaging the fastener in the motorcycle rear fender.

Abstract: Bicycle Attachment Device with a rigid shaft approximately six inches long and having a diameter that is sized to slidably fit into a standard bicycle seat support tube, the shaft fixedly attached in a perpendicular fashion toward on end of a square cross section rigid tube or bar sized to fit into the inner dimension of a standard square cross section trailer hitch tube, and the square tube having a standard bolt retaining aperture to help secure attachment to a standard matching aperture in the trailer hitch. A preferred embodiment includes the rigid shaft may include a plurality of progressively larger stepped diameters to accommodate the various inside diameters found on common bicycle seat support tubes, the stepped diameters.

Abstract: A luggage rack for a motorcycle includes a frame assembly, the frame assembly removably mounted to upright bars with respect to a seat of the motorcycle, and a top plate, the top plate interchangeable with at least one other top plate having a different configuration, and the top plate removably attached with respect to the frame assembly.

Abstract: A bag carrying bicycle rack installed over the rear wheel of a bicycle. In order to more appropriately hold a knapsack, a stretchable “fishnet” is used as a means to hold the knapsack. Because it is stretchable, it can conform to a variety of irregular shapes and hold them very securely.

Abstract: A travel bag for a motorcycle that easily and securely attaches to a variety of different size motorcycle seat backs or sissy bars has built in wheels and a collapsible/extendible handle for rolling the bag when not mounted on the motorcycle. The collapsible handle and wheels are out of the way when the bag is fastened to the motorcycle. The collapsed handle serves as a support for the bag when mounted on the motorcycle. The bag is designed to be easily opened for ready access to the inside without spilling its contents while the bag is mounted on the motorcycle.

Abstract: A motorcycle bag is provided having an adjustable enclosure for securing the motorcycle bag to a sissy bar of a motorcycle. Using layers of various sized panels, including a panel that can be expanded using closure means such as a pair of zippers, discreet sized closed loops are formed to fit over different sized motorcycle sissy bars. By expanding the adjustable panel, more sizes are available to the user providing a plurality of options for fitting the motorcycle bag onto different motorcycles. The motorcycle bag preferably includes a protective covering tethered to the bag within a storage compartment that may be withdrawn to cover and insulate the motorcycle bag from moisture, rain, and wind during travel in inclement weather. The motorcycle bag further preferably includes an organizer for storing various travel items and hide-away arm straps for carrying the motorcycle bag like a backpack when the motorcycle bag is not affixed to a motorcycle.

Abstract: A unique multi-use carrying case that can be used as motorcycle luggage or a backpack because of a dual-strapping system is described. The motorcycle case and backpack involves a horizontal strapping system for use with a motorcycles backrest and a vertical strapping system for use as a backpack. A system of panels prevents the two sets of straps from interfering with one another and provides for the comfort of the wearer of the backpack. An internal padding structure makes possible the safe transportation of a laptop computer on a daily basis by motorcycle or by person. The case is also capable of carrying clothes that are hung in one of its compartments.

Abstract: A helmet rack to be affixed to the rear of a motorcycle to enable the operator and/or a passenger to be able to quickly and easily lock his riding helmet to the motorcycle when the motorcycle is at rest so as to avoid the inconvenience of having to carry the helmet from place-to-place with the risk that it might become lost or stolen. The helmet rack includes a pair of upright brace members connected to respective side brackets that usually support the passenger backrest above the rear fender of the motorcycle. With a helmet surrounding one of the pair of upright brace members, a rotatable closure bar is locked in a closed position so as to extend across the top ends of the pair of brace members to prevent a rotation of the closure bar and a removal of the rider's helmet from the helmet rack.

Abstract: A liquid delivery apparatus for a bicycle includes a container adapted to contain a liquid and a tube having a first end and a second end. The container is releasably mountable to a selected one of a seat rail and a seat post of the bicycle. The container has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is adapted to receive a liquid and is disposed above a normal liquid level line of the liquid when present in the container. The second opening is disposed below the normal liquid level line. The first end of the tube is attachable to the container in fluid communication with the second opening. The liquid when present in the container is delivered to a mouthpiece attached to the second end of the tube.

Abstract: Motorcycle luggage for removeable attachment to a motorcycle's sissy bar. The luggage has a first storage bag with a removable pocket attacheable to the first storage bag. The removable pocket securely engages the sissy bar. The pocket may be manufactured in a number of sizes to fit various size sissy bars, and may also be adjustable within a given size to fit various sissy bars. The first storage bag is collapsible when not in use. A second storage bag may be removably attached to the first storage bag.

Abstract: A motorcycle travel bag comprising a shell and a shelving insert, wherein the shelving insert provides a convenient and secure apparatus for organizing, storing and transporting various items on a motorcycle. Items may be stored on the shelves of the shelving insert or in various pockets which may be attached to the exterior of the shell.

Abstract: A holder for a cooler (or a similar object) on a bicycle (or other vehicle), which preferably is combined with a holder for a beach chair (or a similar object). In the preferred embodiments, the bicycle has a rack behind the seat and over the rear wheel, with a holder fastened over the rack. The holder has a rectangular bottom, an open top, and front, back, left and right walls that are perpendicular to the bottom. The front and back walls are joined by rounded corners to the left and right walls. The holder is suitably dimensioned and configured to retain a rectangular cooler with rounded corners. The holder is preferably made out of rigid, smooth plastic, which will not be deformed by the weight of the cooler, but will have sufficiently low friction with the exterior surface of the cooler that the cooler can be easily removed. Different sizes of holders may be used for different sizes of coolers. The holder may be bolted to the frame, or securely retained by other suitable means.

Abstract: A system for mounting and removing an accessory from a motorcycle. The mounting system includes a main frame and two latching frames. The latching frames each include a latching claw biased closed by spring means. The latching frames are secured to the main frame by pivot pins. Each latching frame preferably includes a finger engaging flange, while the latching frames also include tabs cooperating with retaining arms attached to lock assemblies.

Abstract: A readily removable storage unit for mounting on the rear fender of a motorcycle comprising a storage compartment member defining an open cavity and a cover pivotably mounted on the compartment member adjacent its front end for movement between a cavity closing position and an open position. A lock is provided on the compartment member and the cover adjacent the rear wall for securing the cover in the cavity closing position. A fastener on the bottom wall of the compartment member is engageable with the rear fender of the motorcycle, and the saddle and compartment member have a cooperating releasable tongue and bracket so that the storage unit is mounted by first engaging the saddle and then engaging the fastener in the motorcycle rear fender.

Abstract: A bicycle accessory mounting apparatus for releasably securing a bicycle accessory quickly and effectively to a bicycle seat post. The bicycle accessory mounting apparatus comprises a block having two holes, two gaps, and two snap lock quick connect mechanisms at opposing ends.

Abstract: A motorcycle is provided with an article storage device which is disposed below a rider's seat, and the storage device includes an article accommodation box having an article entrance port formed to be opened upward in a standing state of a motorcycle and a cover member provided for a bottom portion of the seat. The article entrance port has a lateral width larger than a lateral width of an outer peripheral edge of the seat, and the cover member covers the article entrance port formed to the article accommodation box.

Abstract: Motorcycle luggage for removeable attachment to a motorcycle's sissy bar. The luggage has a first storage bag with a removable pocket attacheable to the first storage bag. The removable pocket securely engages the sissy bar. The pocket may be manufactured in a number of sizes to fit various size sissy bars, and may also be adjustable within a given size to fit various sissy bars. The first storage bag is collapsible when not in use. A second storage bag may be removably attached to the first storage bag.

Abstract: A bicycle accessory mounting apparatus for releasably securing a bicycle accessory quickly and effectively to a bicycle seat post. The bicycle accessory mounting apparatus comprises a block having two holes, two gaps, and two snap lock quick connect mechanisms at opposing ends.

Abstract: Bicycle-used flow deflecting article cabinet mounted on a rear side of a saddle of the bicycle. The article cabinet includes a main body having a curved shape and substantially triangular lateral faces. A front end of the main body is formed with a receptacle in which personal effects of the rider can be conveniently placed. A cover board is disposed on the surface of the main body for openably covering the receptacle. Two lateral sides of the main body are respectively formed with opposite concave indentations and a C-shaped clip is inlaid in an inner wall of each of the indentations for clamping and locating a liquid container. When riding the bicycle, the curved article cabinet provides a flow deflecting effect to balance the center of gravity of the bicycle body and increase the riding speed.

Abstract: A bicycle includes a frame which has a seat tube, a crossbar, and a tubular connection part connected to and projecting upward from a rear end of the crossbar and sleeved around the seat tube. The tubular connection part has an integral first engagement block. A rack support rod has a front end face extending in a plane transverse to the rack support rod, a rear support portion to support a rack, and a second engagement block connected integrally to the front end face. A mortise-tenon engagement unit is formed in the first and second engagement blocks so as to releaseably interlock the first and second engagement blocks. The second engagement block is slidable relative to the first engagement block along a direction substantially parallel to the plane of the front end face.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a main pack including a slidably adjustable attachment system for securing the main pack to any size backrest of a motorcycle, a built-in support structure in a bottom panel which prevents the bottom panel from obscuring a motorcycle's tail lights, and a plurality of conveniently located attachment devices on the main pack for safely and conveniently securing a plurality of different size bags thereto.

Abstract: The present motorcycle luggage is comprised of a storage container attached on a rigid base plate. The base plate is arranged to be snapped on to a conventional motorcycle body in place of the removable rear seat. Latching members arranged on the bottom of the base plate are arranged to mate with the existing latching receptacles on the motorcycle. Different latching members may be provided for mating with the latching receptacles on different motorcycles. The present luggage is thus quickly installable by a rider without modifying the motorcycle. It is secure from theft. It will never come loose or fall off, and it will never become tangled in the rear wheel like many strapped-on storage devices improvised by riders.

Abstract: The bicycle rack/bag assembly comprises a rack which depends from a seat post over a rear wheel of a bicycle. A plurality of accessories, such as a pack or bag, a drawer, and a mud flap may be engaged to the rack, each individually, or in any desired combination. The rack includes a quick connect/release assembly for easily engaging the rack to a seat post of substantially any diameter.

Abstract: The bicycle seat pack comprises a clam shell structure wherein a top portion includes a releasably locking bicycle seat engaging assembly including a release lever. A zipper extending almost completely around a periphery of the pack allows for a drop down bottom portion to drop away from the top portion, allowing for easy access to the interior space, with enhanced accessibility allowing for compartmentalization of the inner space, if desired.

Abstract: The bicycle seat pack comprises a clam shell structure wherein a top portion includes a releasably locking bicycle seat engaging assembly including a release lever. A zipper extending almost completely around a periphery of the pack allows for a drop down bottom portion to drop away from the top portion, allowing for easy access to the interior space, with enhanced accessibility allowing for compartmentalization of the inner space, if desired.

Abstract: An elongated bicycle rack and storage device has a clamping device at one end so that it can be attached to and cantilever from the bicycle seat post. The device has an enclosable compartment for relatively small items and an external rack frame for supporting larger items when the bicycle is in use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adaptors for mounting a baby chair on a bicycle. The adaptor includes an elongated supporting structure provided with a bending channel fitted with a cushioning element to reduce the shocks and the vibrations usually transmitted from the bicycle to the child seated in the baby chair so that the child may comfortably and safely be transported on a conventional bicycle. The elongated supporting structure includes a first end to be mounted to the bicycle and a second end provided with a fixing plate, on which a baby chair is installed. Different accessories, for example, luggage racks, reflectors and flags may also be added to the adaptor.

Abstract: A bicycle attachable seat assembly includes a seat having a back portion, a bottom portion and a pair of opposite side portions for receiving an object therein. A pair of spaced apart vertical slits are formed in the back portion of the seat. An elongated strap passes through the vertical slits and extends behind a rear side of the back portion of the seat and has opposite first and second ends disposed in front of a front side of the back portion of the seat. The opposite ends of the strap are used to wrap around an object and thereby retain the object in the seat. An object gripping member is disposed through a centrally spaced vertical slot formed in the back portion of the seat and includes a substantially C-shaped member when viewed from a top thereof disposed over the bottom portion of the seat for making gripping contact with the object.

Abstract: A carrier rack for a two-wheeled vehicle, in particular for a bicycle, has a carrying body and struts supporting the same. A lower fastening element is mounted on the struts, and an upper fastening element is mounted on the carrying body for fastening the carrier rack on the vehicle. The lower fastening element can be fitted onto a retaining part, fastenable on the vehicle. It can be brought into operative connection with the retaining part, and released again therefrom, by turning the carrier rack with respect to the retaining part. The upper fastening element is a clamping-type closure which can be manually clamped on, and released again from, a tube of the two-wheeled vehicle. Consequently, the carrier rack can, quickly and easily, be fitted on, and removed from, a two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle or mountain bike.

Abstract: A support arm with a hinged clamp allowing it to be secured around a bicycle seat post such that a detached front wheel is carried on the bike on the seat post. The support arm has two fingers that attach to a bicycle's front wheel once it has been detached from the bicycle. The free end of the fingers are secured to the axle at the fitting where the fork had been attached. The quick-release fitting secures the fingers in place. The clamp has two c-channel clamping members that encircle the tubular seat post. The clamping members are secured together with a latching means.

Abstract: A storage case mounting structure including an upright back frame raised from a rear side of a seat of a baby cart, and a storage case fixedly fastened to the upright back frame to serve as a seat back, the storage case including a case body adapted for holding things and having a retaining hole on the inside, a cover hinged to the case body and having a springy retainer rod adapted to be forced into engagement with the retaining hole of the case body to secure the cover in the closed position, and a hollow, bottom-open coupling block integrally formed at the front side of the case body and sleeved onto the upright back frame of the baby cart and fixedly secured thereto by fastening means, the coupling block having a smoothly curved front side adapted to support the back of the child who rides the baby cart.

Abstract: A bicycle lock bracket for use with a lock that has an elongated portion with a free end when the lock is open. The bracket includes at least one spline on the elongated portion and a body fastened to the bicycle frame. The spline is either integral with the elongated portion or is on a collar affixed to the elongated portion. The body includes a hub with an opening for receiving the elongated portion. At least one groove in the inner wall of the opening mates with the spline. If there is more than one groove, they are spaced equidistantly about the opening. The elongated portion is prevented from traveling completely through the opening by a shoulder on the collar or a stop at the end of at least one groove. The body includes a seat for fastening the body to the bicycle frame.

Abstract: A clip attaches accessories for bicycles using a resilient leaf biased into engagement with a receiver mounted on the accessory, and released by downward actuation to disengage a pawl from the receiver, the assembly preferably being mounted on an integral seat post cap having mounting ears.

Abstract: A quick-release mount attached to a cycle pack, for example an under seat pack for a bicycle, is disclosed that includes a clip having first and second hangers positionable over first and second support, or frame, members of the bicycle. A resiliently movable catch is positioned adjacent to one leg of one of the hangers, thereby forming an entrapment for a support, or frame, member received thereat, the catch being movable by the support member when mounting the pack and movable by a user to allow release of the support member from the entrapment so that the pack may be removed from the bicycle. After movement, the catch returns to its original position adjacent to the leg of the hanger.

Abstract: An auxiliary seat adapted to be mounted over the wheel of a conventional bicycle includes a shock absorbing support assembly. The support assembly includes a pair of struts, one end of each being fixedly secured to the bicycle frame near the bicycle wheel axle and the other end of each being secured to the primary seat mounting bolt of the bicycle. Each strut, in turn, includes a shock absorber assembly for cushioning the axillary seat when the bicycle traverses a bump or other obstruction. The preferred shock absorber assembly comprises a helical compression spring retained between a sleeve coaxially and slidably engaging the bottom portion of each strut.