Patent ID: 8915684

Claim:
A cargo deck comprising: a floor engageable with a load, the floor comprising: a plurality of extruded floor panels, each floor panel comprising an upper wall with two side edges, a front edge, and a rear edge; a lower wall substantially parallel to the upper wall; two side walls coextensive with the side edges and loser wall and extending substantially perpendicularly to the upper and lower walls; a plurality of partitioning walls extending substantially perpendicularly to the upper and lower walls and substantially parallel to the side walls, wherein the partitioning walls, the upper wall, the lower wall, and the side walls define a plurality of tubular portions, the plurality of floor panels being welded to one another by adjacent side edges; a plurality of longitudinally-extending support members engaging the floor, each support member comprising an upper portion positioned beneath and coupled to a lower surface of the lower wall, a web extending downwardly from the upper portion, and a lower flange extending transverse to the web, the plurality of floor panels oriented transversely to the longitudinally-extending support members so that the two side walls and the plurality of partitioning walls of each of the plurality of extruded floor panels are substantially perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the longitudinally-extending support members.