LINER ARRANGEMENT FOR REFRIGERATED TRAILERS
First Claim
1. In a refrigerated trailer body having side walls, said side walls including spaced apart upright posts, an outer skin secured exteriorly to said posts and upper liner panels and lower liner panels secured interiorly to said posts, said lower liner panels being of thicker gauge material than said upper liner panels, said side walls including foam in-place insulation between said outer skin and said upper and said lower panels, each said upper and each said lower liner panels being substantially rectangular, said upper liner panels each having a plurality of spaced apart vertically disposed ribs and depressions, said lower liner panels including a plurality of like-spaced ribs and depressions vertically aligned with those of the upper liner panels, said lower liner panels and having a top marginal edge portion overlapping the lower marginal edge portion of said upper liner panels, each said lower liner panel including a reinforcing trough portion extending parallel and adjacent to said top marginal edge portion between adjacent posts and transverse to said vertically disposed ribs and depressions, said trough portion serving to prevent buckling between said upper and lower panels.
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Abstract
A liner assembly for the interior of a refrigerated trailer body. The assembly includes aligned corrugated upper and lower panels. The lower panels correspond to areas of heavy abuse due to puncturing of panels by tines of fork lift trucks or pallets and are secured to the side walls to permit ready replacement.
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1. In a refrigerated trailer body having side walls, said side walls including spaced apart upright posts, an outer skin secured exteriorly to said posts and upper liner panels and lower liner panels secured interiorly to said posts, said lower liner panels being of thicker gauge material than said upper liner panels, said side walls including foam in-place insulation between said outer skin and said upper and said lower panels, each said upper and each said lower liner panels being substantially rectangular, said upper liner panels each having a plurality of spaced apart vertically disposed ribs and depressions, said lower liner panels including a plurality of like-spaced ribs and depressions vertically aligned with those of the upper liner panels, said lower liner panels and having a top marginal edge portion overlapping the lower marginal edge portion of said upper liner panels, each said lower liner panel including a reinforcing trough portion extending parallel and adjacent to said top marginal edge portion between adjacent posts and transverse to said vertically disposed ribs and depressions, said trough portion serving to prevent buckling between said upper and lower panels.
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Current AssigneeThayco Trailer Corporation
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Original AssigneeEugene Hindin
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InventorsHindin, Eugene
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Primary Examiner(s)Betts, Kenneth H.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Paperner, Leslie J.
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Application NumberUS05/139,092Time in Patent Office627 DaysField of Search296/28M,29,31P 105/409,410,423 52/309,543 62/239 98/6US Class Current296/181.6CPC Class CodesB60P 3/20 Refrigerated goods vehicles...
