Container Sidewall Connector
AssigneeVanguard National Trailer Corporation
InventorMark Roush
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Abstract
Presented is an improved panel and connector sidewall construction. While maintaining the benefits of standard structural panel designs, the post connector construction also achieves many benefits of traditional sheet and post designs, including simplified replacement of damaged interior panels. The design also allows for simplified replacement of the outer panels of the container while simultaneously providing an aerodynamic surface without protruding rivets. The sidewall construction also achieves the important objective of providing smooth trailer walls with minimal recesses, protrusions and snag points.
Claims20
A cargo container having an interior for the storage and transport of cargo, a floor, and a sidewall structure extending upwardly from the floor and bounding an interior cargo storage space, the sidewall structure comprising:
- an interior wall horizontally bounded by a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge;
- a first partition, a second partition and a third partition, each partition outwardly extending from the interior wall distant from both the first vertical edge and the second vertical edge;
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- a first wall extending from the first partition and a second wall extending from the third partition, each of the first and second walls extending away from the second partition, parallel to the interior wall.
A cargo container having an interior for the storage and transport of cargo, a floor, and a sidewall structure extending upwardly from the floor and bounding an interior cargo storage space, the sidewall structure comprising:
- an interior wall horizontally bounded by a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge;
- a first partition, a second partition and a third partition, each partition outwardly extending from the interior wall distant from both the first vertical edge and the second vertical edge;
- a first wall extending from the first partition, parallel to the interior wall, away from the second partition;
- a first exterior panel adhesively secured to the first wall and having a portion secured directly between the second partition and the third partition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.