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EP-4587320-B1 - TILTING AND SUPPORT KIT FOR AT LEAST ONE LUGGAGE

EP4587320B1EP 4587320 B1EP4587320 B1EP 4587320B1EP-4587320-B1

Inventors

  • VISENZI, GIUSEPPE

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20230912

Claims (10)

  1. Tilting and support kit (10) for at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) of a motorcycle, said tilting and support kit (10) comprises a support frame (20) adapted to be associated with a frame (200) of said motorcycle, wherein said support frame (20) comprises at least two portions (21-24), a first portion (21) and a second portion (22), wherein said first portion (21) is spaced from said second portion (22), wherein said first portion (21) is disposed along a first geometrical axis (U) and said second portion (22) is disposed along a second geometrical axis (L), wherein said first geometrical axis (U) is parallel to said second geometrical axis (L), support means (40, 50) which are adapted to separably engage said support frame (20) and said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), wherein said support means (40, 50) comprise at least a first support means (50) adapted to engage said first portion (21) of said support frame (20) and a first portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) corresponding to said first portion (21) of said support frame (20) and at least a second support means (40) adapted to engage said second portion (22) of said support frame (20) and a second portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) corresponding to said second portion (22) of said support frame (20), at least one tilting device (30) comprising a support base (31) and at least one hook-shaped element (32), wherein said at least one hook-shaped element (32) comprises at least one spacer arm (321) comprising a first end (323) hinged with said support base (31) and a second end which comprises a hook portion (322) adapted to hook said first portion (21) of said support frame (20) to said first portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), said at least one hook-shaped element (32) being adapted to rotate hinged from an unhooking position to a hooking position, said unhooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element (32) provides that said hook portion (322) unhooks said first portion (21) of said support frame (20) from said first portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), said hooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element (32) provides that said hook portion (322) hooks said first portion (21) of said support frame (20) to said first portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), said tilting and support kit (10) being adapted to pass from a travel configuration to a tilted configuration, said travel configuration of said tilting and support kit (10) provides that said at least a first support means (50) and said at least a second support means (40) engage said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) with said support frame (20) and that said hook-shaped element (32) of said tilting device (30) is in said unhooking position, said tilted configuration of said tilting and support kit (10) provides that said at least a first support means (50) disengages said first portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) from said first portion (21) of said support frame (20), that said at least a second support means (40) engages said second portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) with said second portion (22) of said support frame (20), that said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) is tilted of an angle (θ) relative to a third geometrical axis (V) and that said hook-shaped element (32) is in said hooking position, wherein said third geometrical axis (V) is coplanar to a geometrical plane passing through said first geometrical axis (U) and through said second geometrical axis (L), wherein said third geometrical axis (V) is perpendicular to said first (U) and said second geometrical axis (L), wherein said first end (323) of said at least one spacer arm (321) of said at least one tilting device (30) is hinged with said support base (31) by means of a first pin (34), wherein said pin (34) is disposed along a fourth geometrical axis (H), wherein said fourth geometrical axis (H) is parallel to said first geometrical axis (U), characterised in that said at least one tilting device (30) comprises a lever (35) rotatably mounted with said support base (31) by means of a second pin (354) that identifies a rotation axis perpendicular to the first pin (34), wherein said lever (35) comprises a handleable first end (351) and a cam-shaped second end (353), wherein the cam-shaped second end (353) eccentrically hinges said second pin (354), wherein said first end (323) of said at least one spacer arm (321) of said at least one tilting device (30) comprises a contact portion (325) in contact with said cam-shaped second end (353) of said lever (35), wherein said lever (35) passes from a first position wherein a distance between the second pin (354) and said contact portion (325) is maximum, to a second position wherein said distance between the second pin (354) and said contact portion (325) is minimum, wherein said first position of the lever (35) corresponds to said unhooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element (32), wherein said second position of the lever (35) corresponds to said hooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element (32).
  2. Tilting and support kit (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that said cam-shaped portion (353) of said lever (35) comprises an arch-shaped form, wherein said arch-shaped form comprises a first arch end mounting said second pin (354) and a second arch end away from the first arch end.
  3. Tilting and support kit (10) according to claim 2, characterized in that said second arch end of the cam-shaped portion (353) of said lever (35) comprises a flat portion (355) that keeps blocked the first position of the lever (35) providing that said flat portion (355) remains in contact with the contact portion (325) of said first end (323) of said at least one spacer arm (321) of said at least one tilting device (30).
  4. Tilting and support kit (10) according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that said contact portion (325) of said first end (323) of said at least one spacer arm (321) of said at least one tilting device (30) is of curvilinear in shape.
  5. Tilting and support kit (10) according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that said first pin (34) mounts a torsion spring (33), wherein said torsion spring (33) passes from a greater torsion position to a lesser torsion position, wherein said greater torsion position of said torsion spring (33) corresponds to said unhooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element (32) and to said first position of said lever (35), wherein said lesser torsion position of said torsion spring (33) corresponds to said hooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element (32) and to said second position of said lever (35).
  6. Tilting and support kit (10) according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that said hook portion (322) of said spacer arm (321) comprises a wall of a shape complementary to a shape of said first portion (21) of said support frame (20).
  7. Tilting and support kit (10) according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that said support base (31) of said at least one tilting device (30) is mounted with said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), wherein said hook portion (322) is adapted to hook said first portion (21) of said support frame (20).
  8. Tilting and support kit (10) according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized by comprising engaging means (140, 150) mounted with said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), said engaging means (140, 150) comprising at least a first engaging means (150) adapted to be engaged with said at least a first support means (50) and at least a second engaging means (140) adapted to be engaged with said at least a second support means (40).
  9. Tilting and support kit (10) according to claim 8, characterized in that said first engaging means (150) is mounted with said first portion which is an upper portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102) and said second engaging means (140) is mounted with said second portion which is a lower portion of said at least one luggage (100, 101, 102), said first portion (21) is an upper portion of said support frame (20) and said second portion (22) is a lower portion of said support frame (20).
  10. Tilting and support kit (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said at least two portions of said support frame (20) are at least two tubular elements (21-24), said first portion (21) is a first tubular element and said second portion is a second tubular element (22), wherein said first tubular element (21) is disposed along said first geometrical axis (U) and said second tubular element (22) is disposed along said second geometrical axis (L).

Description

The present invention relates to a tilting and support kit. WO 2020/245732 A1, to the Applicant, is known in the state of the art as disclosing a tilting and support kit for at least one luggage of a motorcycle, said tilting and support kit comprising a support frame adapted to be associated with a frame of said motorcycle, wherein said support frame comprises at least two portions, a first portion and a second portion, wherein said first portion is spaced from said second portion, wherein said first portion is arranged along a first geometrical axis and said second portion is arranged along a second geometrical axis, wherein said first geometrical axis is parallel to said second geometrical axis. The kit comprises support means that are adapted to separately engage said support frame and said at least one luggage, wherein said support means comprise at least a first support means adapted to engage said first portion of said support frame and a first portion of said at least one luggage corresponding to said first portion of said support frame and at least a second support means adapted to engage said second portion of said support frame and a second portion of said at least one luggage corresponding to said second portion of said support frame. Said kit comprises at least a tilting device comprising a support base and at least one hook-shaped element, wherein said at least one hook-shaped element comprises at least one spacer arm comprising a first end hinged with said support base and a second end, which comprises a hook portion adapted to hook said first portion of said support frame with said first portion of said at least one luggage, said at least one hook-shaped element being adapted to rotate hinged from an unhooking position to a hooking position. Said unhooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element provides that said hook portion unhooks said first portion of said support frame from said first portion of said at least one luggage. Said hooking position of said at least one hook-shaped element provides that said hook portion hooks said first portion of said support frame to said first portion of said at least one luggage. Said tilting and support kit is adapted to pass from a travel configuration to a tilted configuration. Said travel configuration of said tilting and support kit provides that said at least a first support means and said at least a second support means engage said at least one luggage with said support frame, and that said hook-shaped element of said tilting device is in said unhooking position. Said tilted configuration of said tilting and support kit provides that said at least a first support means disengages said first portion of said at least one luggage from said first portion of said support frame, that said at least a second support means engages said second portion of said at least one luggage with said second portion of said support frame, that said at least one luggage is tilted of an angle relative to a third geometrical axis and that said hook-shaped element is in said hooking position, wherein said third geometrical axis is coplanar to a geometrical plane passing through said first geometrical axis and through said second geometrical axis, wherein said third geometrical axis is perpendicular to said first and said second geometrical axis. Disadvantageously, the release sliding block of the tilting device is not easily accessible and it is not possible to block the tilting device in the hooking position. The object of the present invention is to make available a tilting and support kit for side luggages so that the lids of the side luggages can be fully opened even when a luggage is mounted with a top support frame, that the kit ensures a safe support of the luggage even when the luggage is tilted, that the kit allows the luggage to remain engaged with the support frame even when it is tilted, that both the hooking position and unhooking position can be locked, and that the two hooking and unhooking positions can be easily changed from an easily accessible and visible position. According to the invention, such object is achieved with a tilting and support kit according to claim 1. Other features are provided in the dependent claims. The features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent from the following description, which is to be understood as exemplifying and not limiting, with reference to the appended schematic drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows a plan view from the rear of a motorcycle which mounts two tilting and support kits for luggages arranged at the sides of the motorcycle according to the present invention in a tilted configuration, each kit comprises a side support frame, each of which mounts a luggage, the motorcycle also mounts an upper support frame which mounts another luggage;Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the luggage disassembled from the support frame, wherein the luggage mounts a tilting device comprising a h