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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1995
Donald Michael Gogan, Brookfield, WI (US);
Stephen Lloyd Galbraith, Mequon, WI (US);
Geoffrey Thomas Williams, Mequon, WI (US);
Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A luggage carrier assembly including a luggage carrier and a pair of latching mechanisms mounted on the luggage carrier for securing the luggage carrier to a motorcycle mount upon movement of the luggage carrier toward the mount. The luggage carrier includes a pair of side plates each having a recess engageable with the mount, and the latching mechanisms each include a latch member pivotally mounted on the side plates movable relative to the side plates between an unlatched position, in which the recesses are engageable and disengageable with the mount, and a latched position, in which the recess is held in engagement with the mount. The luggage carrier further includes a locking member movable relative to the latch member between an unlocked position, in which the latch member is movable between the latched and unlatched positions, and a locked position, in which the latch member is held in the latched position.