Truck trailer with removable side panels
AssigneeJames S. Waldron
InventorRonald K. Rice
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Abstract
A dry van truck trailer or cargo area is provided with a plurality of removable side panels which can be removed by opening the rear door and sliding the panels outwardly from the rear of the truck trailer or cargo area when the rear door is in the open position to thereby permit side-loading or utilization of the floor as a flat-bed. When the side panels are in place, they seal against each other and against adjacent components to render the truck trailer or cargo area as a water tight dry van.
Claims17
A vehicular truck trailer or cargo area having removable side panels comprising a floor, a roof, a forward wall, two side walls and at least one door forming a rearward wall which can be opened to provide access to said floor and closed to completely enclose said floor, said floor having a floor track along at least one side thereof, said roof having at least one ceiling track along at least one side thereof positioned directly over and parallel to said floor track, and at least one of said side walls comprising at least one side panel engaged with said floor and ceiling tracks such that when said rear door is in an open position, said side wall panel can be moved rearwardly disengaging said side wall panel from said floor and ceiling tracks and removed from said truck trailer or cargo area, and such that said side wall panel can be reinserted to engage said floor and ceiling tracks and moved back into position to form said side wall and said rear door closed so that said side wall panel cannot then be removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.