Patent ID: 7329080

Claim:
A sports equipment transporting apparatus in combination with a vehicle, the vehicle including an enclosed canopy, the vehicle also including an internal floor, the vehicle including two ends, a front end and a rear end, the sports equipment transporting apparatus comprising: (a) a ramp housing having two ends, a front end and a rear end, the ramp housing also having two sides, an inner side and an outer side, the ramp housing being rectangular in shape, the ramp housing having a length and a width, the length dimension of the ramp housing running from the front end to the rear end of the ramp housing, the ramp housing including two internal tiers including an upper tier and a lower tier, the ramp housing being mounted on the internal floor within the vehicle, (b) a slide-out ramp located within the upper tier of the ramp housing, (c) means for mounting the slide-out ramp when it is located within the upper tier of the ramp housing, (d) a storage compartment located within the lower tier of the ramp housing, the storage compartment being accessible through the inner side of the ramp housing, (e) a spare tire compartment located within the lower tier of the ramp housing, the spare tire compartment being accessible through the inner side of the ramp housing, (f) at least one spare tire located within the spare tire compartment, (g) a piece of sports equipment, wherein the piece of sports equipment further comprises a motorcycle, (h) means for tying down the piece of sports equipment after it has been placed on the ramp housing, (i) wherein the slide-out ramp is pulled out from the rear end of the ramp housing and placed on a ground surface, (j) further wherein the piece of sports equipment is moved up the ramp until it is in position to be placed on top of the ramp housing, (k) further wherein means for tying down the piece of sports equipment after it has been placed on the ramp housing is activated to secure the piece of sports equipment to the ramp housing.