US1241486A - Folding stand or support. - Google Patents

Description

W. J. ARMSTRONG.

FOLDING STAND 0R SUPPORT. APPLICATION HLEIS siPrfzs. ms.

1,241,486. Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

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FDIJDING STAND 0R SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented (Dot. 2, 1917.

Application filed September 23, 1915. Serial No. 52,218. i

-ports, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a folding portable supporting device or stand primarily intended for use inconnection with motorcycles for supporting the front wheels thereof off of the ground while repairingtires.

The object of the invention is to produce a desirable and practical supporting device or stand of this kind of strong and light construction .which can be folded or collapsed into compact form so that it can, if desired, be carried in a tool bag.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a supporting device embodying the invention, showing in dotted lines a motorcycle supported thereby.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the supporting device on an enlarged scale, showing the parts thereof in operative positions to support an article.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof showing the parts swung into their collapsed positions.

The supporting device is herein described as used for supporting a motorcycle but it is not intended thereby to limit the invention to such use only, since the device could, if desired, be used for supporting other articles. v

Briefly stated, the device consists of a skeleton metal structure, comprising a base and two framespivoted at their lower ends to the base and adapted to be connected near their upper ends to secure them in their operative supporting. position and to be swung about their pivots into planes substantially parallel with the plane of the base for collapsing the device. a I I A represents the base of the supporting device which, in the construction shown, consists of a substantially rectangular frame having side bars a and transverse bars a connected at their opposite ends to the side bars. The base is provided with extensions orlugs a which in the construction shown are formed by the ends of the side bars a.

B B represents the pivoted frame members which in the embodiment of the invention shown are of substantially U-shape having side bars r legs 6 and an upper connecting bar Z) which may be curved or otherwise shaped to receive the object to be supported. The lower ends of the legs I) are pivotally connected with the lugs a of the base by means of pins or pivots 6 The frames shown are wider at their lower or pivoted ends than at their upper ends, so that one frame may swing between the legs of the other frame to permit the frames to be swung from their operative or erect positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to their folded or inoperative positions in which the frames lie close to and substantially parallel with the base, as shown in Fig. 3. The upper ends of the legs I) are preferably bent at an angle to the other portions of the legs at 6 so that when the two frames are in their operative positions, as shown in Fig. 2, the upper endsof the legs will stand substantially upright and bear flatly one against the other while the lower portions of the frames diverge from the contacting upper ends thereof to their vpivotal connections with the base.

Means are provided for rigidly holding the frames B B in their upright or operative positions consisting preferably of hooked parts on one of the frames adapted to engage the other frame. In the construction shown, a cross bar C is secured to one of the frames and the ends of the bar are bent to form hooks c c. The bar 0 is preferably welded or otherwise secured to the frame 13 at the points 5 where the legs are bent and thehooks engage the other framealso at the bent portions. In placing the frames into their operative positions, the frames are swung into a position in which the upper end of the frame B is under the hooks c 0 and the frames are then swung together into the upright position shown in Fig. 2, which produces a relative endwise movement of the frames and causes the hooks 0 c to slip over the upper end of the frame B. The frame B will then be embraced by the hooks and the bend b in the frame B will prevent the further swinging of the frame B toward the frame B. When a weight is supported on the upper ends of the frames B B the frames will be prevented from swinging back in the other direction, so that the parts of the stand will be rigidly held in their operative positions. When the stand is not in use the frames B B are swung to the left in Fig. 2 until the frame B is disengaged from the hooks 0 c and one of the frames can then be swung between the legs of the other frame In the use of the device shown in Fig. 1,

the supporting device is placed beneath the intermediate portion of the frame of a motoroycle D and is placed forwardly from the center of gravity so that the weight of the motorcycle rests 011 the supporting device and on the usual pivoted support d provided on the rear portion of the frame. By means of the supporting device described and the rear support (Z, a motorcycle can be supported with the front wheel off of the ground, or so that none of its weight rests on the tires, thus rendering the tires accessible for repairs or avoiding injury to the tires during storageof the cycle.

I claim as my invention:

1. A supporting device, comprising a base, frames pivoted at the base and adapted to swing into positions substantially parallel with the base and into inclined positions in which the frames converge upwardly toward each other and in which the-upper ends of said frames bear against each other for supporting each other in their inclined positions, and means for securingthe frames together when in their inclined positions.

2. A supporting device, comprising a base, frames pivoted at the base and adapted to swing into positions substantially parallel with the base and into inclined positions in which the frames converge upwardly toward each other, the upper portions of the frames being bent to bear one against the other when the frames are in their inclined positions, and means engaging the upper portions of the frames to limit the movement of the frames relatively to each other.

3. A supporting device, comprisinga base, 1

frames pivoted at the base and adapted to swing into positions substantially parallel with the base and into inclined positions in which the frames converge upwardly toward each other and having their upper ends shaped to support an object, said frames being held in engagement by the weight of said object, and hooks connecting said upper portions of the frames for releasably holding the frames together when in their inclined positions.

"swing into positions substantially parallel with the base and into inclined positions in which the frames converge upwardly toward each other and rest against each other to support an object at their upper ends, said frames being held in engagement by the weight of said object, and means for holding the frames in their inclined posi tions.

5. A supporting device, comprising a base, swinging frames pivoted on said base and adapted to swing into positions substantially parallelwith the base and into inclined positions in which the frames converge upwardly toward each other, the upper portions of the frames being bent to assume substantially vertical positions when said frames are in their inclined positions, and rigid hooked portions secured to the upper portion of one of saidframes and having parts with which the vertical portion of the other frame can be moved into engagement for holding said frames in their inclined positions.

6. A supporting device comprising a base, swinging frames having their lower ends pivoted to said base, said frames being adapted to swing into a position in which the upper ends of the frames rest against each other, and means for securing the frames together when in their inclined positions including a part rigidly secured to one of the frames and having hooked portions with which the other frame is adapted to be moved into engagement for holding the frames in their inclined positions.

7. A supporting device comprising a base, swinging frames of substantially U-shape having their open ends pivoted to said base and adapted to swing into a position in which the upper closed ends of the frames rest against and support each other, one of the frames being adapted to swing between the sides of the other frame, and means en- 7 gaging the upper portions of said frames to hold the same in their inclined positions.

8. A supporting device comprising a base, consisting of longitudinal and transverse bars, swinging frames 'of'substantially U- shape having their open ends pivoted to the longitudinal bars of said base, said frames being adapted to swing into positions substantially parallel with said base and into inclined positions in which the upper ends of the frames rest one against the other, and means secured to one of said frames and adapted to embrace the other frame to hold the frames in their inclined positions.

9. Asupporting device comprising a base, swinging frames of substantially 'U-shape having their open ends pivoted to said base Witness my hand this 20th day of September 1915.

WESLEY J. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses H. C. BURROWs, F. L. PATTISON.

and being Wider at their open ends than at their other ends to permit one of said frames to swing between the sides of the other frame, said frames when in their inclined position resting one against the other, and means for holding the frames in their inclined positions.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G.

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