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US 4,065,168 AGranted
Trailer van construction
AssigneePines Trailer Corporation
InventorRichard G. Gregg
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AssigneePines Trailer Corporation
InventorRichard G. Gregg
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A trailer van construction with side walls which provide the trailer van with greater storage space. The trailer van includes a floor, upstanding end walls, a roof and opposite side walls. Each side wall includes a generally rectangular, elongate panel having generally parallel upper and lower edges, and a top framing structure. The framing structure includes a top rail having a depending plate portion and at least one laterally extending flange for supporting the roof. The end walls have different heights and the plate portion has a vertical dimension greater than the difference in height between the end walls. A capping member is assembled over the upper edge of the panel and secured to the outer surface of the plate portion along a line which is nonparallel to the top edge of the top rail such that the upper margin of each side wall is defined by a wedge-shaped section of the plate portion.
An elongate framing structure for use in the construction of a side wall of a trailer van, said framing structure comprising, an elongate rail having a top edge and a depending plate portion and laterally extending means for supporting a roof of the trailer van, said plate portion having a substantially unobstructed flat surface, an elongate capping member having a covering portion adapted to extend over and cover the upper edge of a panel part of said side wall, the capping member including flange means for attachment to said plate portion, and fastening means for securing the capping member with an upper margin of said panel part retained thereon to the flat surface of the plate such that the covering portion and the upper edge of the panel extends at an angle with respect to the top edge of the rail.
A method for constructing a side wall for a trailer van, said method including the steps of:
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