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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 2000
Tony Nicosia, Brookfield, WI (US);
Cornelius J. McDaid, Dorchester, MA (US);
John D. Fiegener, Mendon, MA (US);
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A detachable component assembly including a detachable component and a pair of latching mechanisms mounted on the detachable component for securing the detachable component to a motorcycle mount upon movement of the detachable component toward the mount. The detachable component includes a pair of side plates each having a recess engageable with the mount, and the latching mechanisms each include a latching 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 detachable component assembly further includes a locking member movable relative to the latching 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. A securing mechanism is coupled with the latching member, and is movable between a secured position and an unsecured position, wherein the locking member is prohibited from moving from the locked position to the unlocked position by the securing mechanism in the secured position.