Patent ID: 6116679
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B60J,B62D

Abstract:
A curtain side truck body having;laterally spaced longitudinally extending side rails;laterally spaced vertically extending front corner posts integrally connected to a front end of said side rails;laterally spaced vertically extending rear corner posts integrally connected to a rear end of said side rails;longitudinally extending top chords integrally connected to a top portion of said corner posts;said top chords integrally connected to and supporting a roof extending therebetween;a truck floor extending between a front skirt integrally connected to said floor and said front corner posts, and a rear skirt, integrally connected to said floor and said rear corner posts, wherein a roof load moment applied to said corner posts is taken in said transversely extending end skirt and said front skirt, the improvement comprising: wherein a lading load in the truck body acts on the truck floor and the side rails mechanical fastening means extending between at least one of said side rails and corner posts for reducing or eliminating a lading load moment applied to at least one of said side rails.