Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Body shell
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-01
2005-11-01
Morrow, Jason (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Body shell
C296S191000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06959959
ABSTRACT:
The improved sheet and post container sidewall construction of the present invention includes a post with a novel cross section that increases the rigidity of the post at a minimum thickness. The cross section of the post includes a central wall connected to lateral wings that attach to the outer protective skin of a container. The central wall is connected to the lateral wings by a connecting segment that lies inside the lateral edges of the central wall, creating a channel between the central wall and the lateral wings. This channel enables the vertical edge of a liner to be held securely in place behind the central wall. The cross section of the structural post also provides increased rigidity because the thickness of the metal of the post is doubled along a significant portion of the lateral edges of the central wall. This configuration provides increased rigidity for the post and achieves the important objective of providing smooth container walls free of recesses, potential protrusions and snag points.
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Dowell Anthony
Dowell Baker P.C.
Morrow Jason
Vanguard National Trailer Corp.
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