Patent ID: 7455491

Claim:
A rack apparatus adapted to transport an all-terrain vehicle in a transportation vehicle, comprising in combination: one or more clamp assemblies having one or more openings, said one or more openings configured to selectively couple a portion of said one or more clamp assemblies to a portion of a panel of said transportation vehicle; one or more platform assemblies, each platform assembly comprising a plurality of platform members, a portion of an end of each of said plurality of platform members coupled to an inner portion of a first side platform member and a portion of an opposite end of each of said plurality of platform members coupled to an inner portion of a second side platform member, a portion of an end of said first side platform member and a portion of an end of said second side platform member coupled to a portion of said one or more clamp assemblies; one or more ramp assemblies, each ramp assembly having a first side ramp member and a second side ramp member, a portion of an end of said first side ramp member coupled to a portion of an opposite end of said first side platform member, and a portion of an end of said second side ramp member coupled to a portion of an opposite end of said second side platform member; a portion of an opposite end of said first side ramp member and a portion of an opposite end of said second side ramp member configured to contact a bed of said transportation vehicle, wherein said one or more platform assemblies are elevated; said plurality of platform members including a first platform member spaced from a second platform member so that a wheel of said all-terrain vehicle is selectively and securely engages when said all-terrain vehicle is driven onto a portion of said respective platform assembly and a third platform member spaced from said second platform member to provide traction when said wheel is driven off a portion of said one or more platform assemblies.