Motorcycle adjustable light bar assembly
View Patent ↗A motorcycle light bar assembly has two light bar arms that are mountable to a mounting bracket secured on a structural member of the front fork of the motorcycle. Each of the two light bar arms is a mirror image of the other and includes a first portion that extends along an axis in an X direction and a second portion the curves off axis in a Y direction. The first portion of each of the light bar arms is mountable to the mounting bracket. A lighting component is connectable to a free end of each of the second portions of the two light bar arms. Mounted to the mounting bracket in a first configuration the free ends of the two light bar arms are positioned forward of the axis of the respective first portions. Mounted to the mounting bracket in a second configuration, the free ends of the two light bar arms are positioned rearward of the axis of the respective first portions. In both the first and second mounting configurations, mounting of the light bar arms to the mounting brackets is adjustable to vary a width of the light bar assembly defined by the free ends of the two light bar arms. A cover is mountable to the two light bar arms to hide the mounting bracket and first arm portions when they are in any of the aforementioned mounting configurations so as to give the light bar assembly the appearance of being a unitary light bar.
1. A motorcycle light bar assembly for mounting on a bracket secured to a structural component of a motorcycle, the mourning bracket configured to define first and second spaced mounting holes on opposite sides of the mounting bracket, the motorcycle light bar assembly comprising:
a first light bar arm configured for adjustable mounting to the one of the first and second mounting holes of the mounting bracket, the first light bar arm having a first end, a second end, a first arm portion extending from the first end in a first direction along an axis, a second arm portion connected to and extending from the first arm portion to the second end, the second arm portion curving in a second direction such that the second end is eccentric to the axis, the second end configured for connection to a lighting component;
a second light bar arm configured for adjustable mounting to one of the first and second mounting holes of the mounting bracket, the second light bar arm having a first end, a second end, a first arm portion extending from the first end in a third direction opposite the first direction along an axis, a second arm portion connected to and extending from the first arm portion to the second end, the second arm portion curving in the second direction such that the second end is eccentric to the axis, the second end configured for connection to a lighting component;
a cover having a first end, a second end, an inner surface, an outer surface and a cover wall defined between the inner and outer surfaces, the first end of the cover configured to at least partially surround the first arm portion of one of the first and second light bar arms, the second end of the cover configured to at least partially surround the first arm portion of one of the first and second light bar arms, the cover wall configured to at least partially surround the first arm portions of the first and second light bar arms and a front portion of the mounting bracket, the cover wall further configured for connection to first and second light bar arms; wherein the first and second light bar arms are mountable in a first configuration with the first light bar arm mounted to the first mounting hole of the mounting bracket and the second light bar arm mounted to the second mounting hole of the mounting bracket such that the second ends of the first and second light bar arms are forward of the axis, and wherein the first and second light bar arms are alternatively mountable in a second configuration with the first light bar arm mounted to the second mounting hole of the mounting bracket and the second light bar arm mounted to the first mounting hole of the mounting bracket such that the second ends of the first and second light bar arms are rearward of the axis, and wherein a width of the motorcycle light bar assembly defined by the second ends of the first and second light bar arms is variable in either the first or second configuration.
2. The motorcycle light bar assembly of claim 1 wherein the second arm portions of the first and second light bar arms further extend in a third direction relative to the respective first arm portions.
3. A motorcycle light bar for mounting on a planar surface of a mounting bracket having first and second mounting holes, the motorcycle light bar comprising:
a first light bar arm and a second light bar arm, each of the first and second light bar arms having a first end, a second end configured for connection to a lighting component, a first side, a second side, a first arm portion extending from the first end toward the second end along an axis in an X direction, and a second arm portion connected to and extending from the first arm portion to the second end, the second arm portion being angularly displaced from the first arm portion in a Y direction such that the second end of the first light bar arm is eccentric to the axis of the first arm portion, the first arm portion configured to define a first plurality of internally threaded holes adjacent to the first side, and a second plurality of internally threaded holes adjacent to the second side, the first and second plurality of holes being linearly arranged and generally parallel to the axis, the first and second plurality of holes extending from an upper planar surface of the first arm portion toward a lower surface of the first arm portion, the first arm portion further configured to define a third plurality of internally threaded holes generally along the axis, the third plurality of holes extending from a lower surface of the first arm portion and being positioned generally between the first and second plurality of threaded holes, each hole of the third plurality of holes configured to align with one of the first and second mounting holes of the mounting bracket, wherein the second light bar arm is a mirror image of the first light bar arm; and
a cover having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface, a cover wall defined between the inner and surfaces, the first end of the cover configured to partially closely surround the first arm portion of the first light bar arm, the second end of the cover configured to partially closely surround the first arm portion of the second light bar arm, the cover wall configured with first and second openings that extend from the outer surface to the inner surface, wherein the first opening of the cover is configured to align with a first or second one of the first plurality of holes of the first light bar arm when a respective first or second one of the holes of the third plurality of holes of the first light bar arm is aligned with the first mounting hole of the mounting bracket, and wherein the second opening of the cover is configured to align with a first or second one of the first plurality of holes of the second light bar arm when a respective first or second one of the third plurality of holes of the second light bar arm is aligned with the second mounting hole of the mounting bracket.
4. The motorcycle light bar of claim 3 wherein second arm portions are further angularly displaced from the respective first arm portions in a Z direction.