Patent ID: 7226258

Claim:
In combination with a transporting vehicle used for transporting one motorcycle, wherein the vehicle has a bed and a pair of spaced-apart sidewalls, and wherein the motorcycle is secured to the bed of the vehicle intermediately of the pair sidewalls thereof, and generally parallel to the sidewalls, a damage preventing system, comprising: at least two inflatable supporting cushions, including a first inflatable supporting cushion disposed between the motorcycle and one of the sidewalls of the vehicle, and a second inflatable supporting cushion disposed between the motorcycle and the other sidewall of the vehicle, said inflatable supporting cushions being for preventing movement of the motorcycle relative to the sidewalls of the vehicle and thereby preventing damage to the motorcycles during the transporting thereof, and wherein each said inflatable supporting cushion is provided with attachment means for use in anchoring said inflatable supporting cushion to the bed of the transporting vehicle, wherein sheets of said fabricating material are cut to have an elliptical shape and to include lobes along edges thereof for use in providing said attachment means used in anchoring said inflatable supporting cushion to the bed of the transporting vehicle.