Combination motorcycle tie-down and lock device

• Main Authors: BURGOON STEPHEN, RICCI VINCENT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.01.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFTOF CYCLES; CYCLE STANDS; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TOCARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A combination tie-down and locking device for a motorcycle having a plurality of forks. The device has a cut-resistant shackle for clamping around the fork of the motorcycle, a flexible, cut-resistant tie-down strap having one end securely fixed to the shackle, a quick-connect chain link for tensioning the strap and releasably connecting the free end of the strap to a trailer, and a lock for releasably locking the free end of the strap to a trailer. A method of tying down and locking a motorcycle to a trailer includes the steps of providing a pair of combination tie-down and locking devices, tightening the devices on each of the forks of the motorcycle, locking the device on each of the forks of the motorcycle, tensioning the tie-down strap and connecting the free end of the tie down strap to the trailer, and locking the free end of the tie down strap to the trailer.