Wall stakes for vehicle sidewall paneling

A wall stake adaptable for removable insertion into a flat bed vehicle provided with a plurality of depending pockets, said wall stake being adaptable for supporting upright and laterally extending vehicle sidewall paneling and comprising primary and secondary upright members in slidably associated dovetailed relationship;

• A. said primary member being a tubular post extending downwardly along a vertical-axis for a finite-extent from a header at the post top-end to a foot at the post bottom-end and which foot is removably implantable into a vehicle depending pocket, the tubular shape of said post being partially provided by a vertical front-wall having a laterally extending outer-face substantially parallel to and transversely separated from the front-wall inner-face, said tubular post primary member having an upright external-contour surrounding the vertical-axis and that is partially provided by the front-wall outer-face and having an upright internal-contour, the upright internal-contour being of constant cross-sectional geometric shape and size surrounding said vertical-axis, a portion of the internal-contour being provided by the front-wall laterally extending inner-face, said internal-contour commencing at the laterally separated ends of the front-wall upright inner-face being transversely rearwardly convergent of the front-wall, less than the entire finite-extent of the front-wall and commencing at a single end only being provided with a vertically extending slotted length located substantially midway the front-wall upright ends, said slotted length providing a horizontal front-wall abutment-terminus located between the primary member top-end and bottom-end;
• B. said dovetailed slidably associated secondary member providing a pair of upright and laterally extending paneling channels located on opposite sides of the post member slotted length and also internally bracing to strengthen the post member, said secondary member extending along said vertical-axis and having from upper-end to lower-end a finite-height, said secondary member having along the major proportion of the finite-height a uniform cross-sectional shape including:
• i. a vertical-plate extending transversely through the post member front-wall vertically slotted length, the vertical-plate having a recessed lead-end whereby the vertical-plate has an arrested-height less than the finite-height, the vertical-plate horizontal lead-end and the front-wall abutment-terminus being of substantial co-elevation,
• ii. a pair of substantially co-planar guide-plates extending in opposite lateral directions from the attached vertical-plate, said guide-plates being directionally transversely forwardly separated from the post member front-wall to provide in concert therewith laterally extending upright paneling channels, and
• iii. a web nonrotatable about the vertical-axis and slidably associated with said inner-face and said rearwardly convergent portions of the post internal-contour to internally brace and enhance the structural strength of the implanted post member, said web being attached to the vertical-plate, said web at the post header defining the majority of the cross-sectional shape of the wall stake header bore, the remainder of the bore cross-sectional shape being provided by the rearward portion of the tubular post member.