Method for manufacturing hand guards
View Patent ↗The present invention addresses an ATV clamp assembly. The clamp assembly includes a central body having a handlebar leg and a hand guard leg, a handlebar clamp pivotally connected to the handlebar leg and removably clamped to the ATV's handlebar and a hand guard member pivotally connected to the hand guard leg and removably connected to the hand guard. Also addressed is a motorcycle clamp assembly including a handlebar clamp removably connected to the motorcycle's handlebar and having a generally rectangular shape with rounded ends and having a tapered aperture configured to mate with handlebar's tapered portion, and a hand guard member connected to the hand guard and pivotally connected to the handle bar clamp. A method for manufacturing hand guards is disclosed. Using that method, one or more bends are cut in the X-Y plane and a bender is used to form at least one bend in the Z-axis.
1. A method for manufacturing an apertured handguard comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a sheet stock having a surface lying in an X-Y plane and extending a given thickness along a Z-axis;
(b) forming a pattern on said sheet stock surface, said pattern including the shape of said apertured handguard with at least one bend in said X-Y plane and the locations of one or more apertures to be formed through said apertured handguard;
(c) forming said one or more apertures in said sheet stock at said locations through said given thickness in accordance with said pattern;
(d) cutting along said surface and through said thickness with said cutting apparatus in accordance with said pattern to form a hand guard having said shape; and
(e) bending said hand guard to form at least one bend in said Z-axis.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (a) further comprises providing said sheet stock formed from one or more of metal or plastic.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said step (a) further comprises providing said sheet stock formed from aluminum alloy.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (d) further comprises providing a cutting apparatus capable of mechanical cutting.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (d) further comprises providing a cutting apparatus capable of laser cutting.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (d) further comprises cutting directed by computer numerical control apparatus.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (e) further comprises bending said hand guard with a bender.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step (a) further comprises forming said pattern including the shapes of a nested plurality of said apertured handguards.
9. The method of claim 8 , said step (a) further comprises forming said pattern wherein said nested plurality of apertured handguards are spaced apart.