Motorcycle Windshield Assembly

Abstract

A motorcycle windshield assembly includes two frame units coupled to a windshield. Each frame unit includes a pair of corresponding adjusting elements jointly enclosing an end of an installation rod. Each pair of the adjusting elements are fitted into receiving spaces of a corresponding pair of left and right covers such that teeth formed on each pair of the adjusting elements mesh with teeth formed in the corresponding pair of left and right covers. Each pair of the left and right covers have a side provided with guide grooves for receiving a sliding element coupled to the windshield. Thus, the windshield coupled to the frame units can be conveniently raised, lowered, or tilted to provide the desired shielding effect. The motorcycle windshield assembly is flexibly adjustable in height and tilt angle and is collapsible when not in use.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention relates to motorcycle windshield assemblies and, more particularly, to a motorcycle windshield assembly installed at a front end of a motorcycle and including a windshield that can be easily raised, lowered, or tilted to provide the desired shielding effect, thus rendering the motorcycle windshield assembly flexibly adjustable in height and tilt angle and collapsible when not in use.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional motorcycle windshield assembly is installed at a front end of a motorcycle typically in the following manner. Fixing elements 20 having threaded locking portions 201 are fixed in position to left and right rear-view mirrors 10 of the motorcycle, respectively. Next, the threaded locking portion 201 of each fixing element 20 is coupled with an end of a left or right supporting element 30, thus forming a 90° angle between the corresponding fixing element...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]The present invention aims to overcome the inconveniences of an existing motorcycle windshield assembly installed between left and right rear-view mirrors of a motorcycle, with a view to providing a motorcycle windshield assembly whose windshield can be easily raised, lowered, or tilted according to the need of shielding and which is flexibly adjustable in height and tilt angle and collapsible when not in use.

[0007]It is a second objective of the present invention to provide a motorcycle windshield assembly to be installed at a front end of a motorcycle, wherein the motorcycle windshield assembly includes a windshield and two frame units, each frame unit including a sliding element attached to an end of a positioning portion of the windshield, and a pair of corresponding left and right covers. Each pair of the left and right covers have a side concavely provided with guide grooves for receiving the corresponding sliding element. Each sliding element has an inner side provided with an engaging portion peripherally formed with a plurality of convex surfaces. Each sliding element further has an outer side extended with a projecting portion for engaging with the corresponding positioning portion of the windshield. Each sliding element is coupled to the windshield by a plurality of threaded fasteners. Each pair of the left and right covers have an end provided with predetermined spaces in which a resilient element is received in a compressed state. After each sliding element coupled with the windshield is fitted into the corresponding pair of left and right covers, and an installation rod is coupled to each pair of the left and right covers, each pair of the left and right covers are fastened with a threaded fastener and a screw nut. Thus, the windshield can be raised or lowered to provide the desired shielding effect.

Problems solved by technology

However, the windshield 40 once installed is fixed in position and cannot be adjusted to provide the shielding effect needed at the moment.

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