Patent ID: 8230870

Claim:
A collapsible and completely integrated design camper-tent apparatus for use with a cargo area of a top-hinged rear door vehicle, the apparatus having a compacted and erected state, the apparatus comprising: a) an adapting pad received in the cargo area and lying on the floor thereof, b) a pair of continuous flat plane slides attached to a leading edge of the adapting pad via bolts, said slides contained in and capable of extending outwardly from the cargo area, the slides including a plurality of sections wherein each section of the slides, when extended, overlaps an adjacent section by at least one half of the length of each section, c) a cargo floor panel with four corners, each corner having a vertical leg that is foldable and extendable to move the cargo floor panel between a raised and a lowered position, d) a transition floor panel, and e) a main floor panel connected at its rear end to the slides, the main floor panel including: extending floor panels hingedly mounted on side edges of the main floor panel, a step-ladder foldably mounted to a rear end of the main floor panel, a tent structure having tent supports hingedly connected at corners of the main floor panel and extending upward, peak supports removably attached at the top of adjacent tent supports and extending perpendicular to the continuous flat plane slides, safety railing braces removably attached between adjacent tent supports and extending parallel to the continuous flat plane slides, and a canopy tent material supported by the tent supports and peak supports to provide an enclosed shelter, telescoping legs hingedly connected at corners of the main floor panel and extending downward, the legs including a foldable channel foot pad hingedly connected at one end to a bottom of the leg, the channel foot pad including a telescopic inside leg hingedly attached at an opposite end thereof to extend upward to support the main floor panel, leg support braces removably attached to the telescoping legs and extending parallel to the continuous flat plane slides, wherein when the apparatus is in the compacted state, the cargo floor panel is in the raised position and overlays the transition floor panel, the main floor panel and the tent structure within the cargo area, and when the apparatus is in the erected state, the main floor panel is extended outward on the slides with the extending floor panels folded outward, the transition floor panel is inserted between the main floor panel and the cargo panel in its lowered position, thereby forming a single planar floor, the telescoping legs are deployed to support the main floor panel and the tent structure is erected to form the shelter.