Motorcycle stabilizer
CA 2256199 C · Owner: Thibault, Germain · Inventors: Thibault, Germain
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
On a motorcycle, when starting or stopping and to avoid dropping the motorcycle on its side the balance of the motorcycle must be maintained with the feet. In this invention the feet are replaced by a stabiliser. Visually it may be compared to the landing gear of an airplane. It features two arms on which there are two small wheels which will come into contact with the ground to maintain the balance of the motorcycle when starting or stopping. In addition it may be used as a stand when the motorcycle is at a complete stop or stored. The stabiliser may be deployed either manually using a switch, or in automatic mode, while respecting the following two conditions: the transmission is in …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed November 30, 1998 and granted December 5, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 30, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 30, 2020.
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