Patent ID: 6106205
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60P

Abstract:
A body for a cargo-carrying vehicle, comprising a floor and a roof, and a plurality of walls connected therebetween to form a cargo-carrying space, and wherein at least one of said floor, roof, and walls comprises:at least one structural panel having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a panel thickness therebetween, the panel having an elongate channel formed in the interior surface, the channel having a depth less than the panel thickness such that the channel has a bottom wall; anda tracking plate having a face portion and an elongate spine portion, the face portion being affixed against the interior surface of the panel overlying the channel, the spine portion being affixed to the face portion and projecting outward therefrom into the channel and being secured in the channel, the spine portion including a bottom that is affixed to the bottom wall of the channel by adhesive disposed between the bottom wall of the channel and the bottom of the spine portion, the bottom of the spine portion having holes and the adhesive extending into the holes, the face portion including at least one of a cargo tie-down member affixed thereto and an aperture defined therein for engaging a cargo-anchoring mechanism.