Patent ID: 8087859

Claim:
A system for separating cargo spaces in a refrigerated trailer, comprising: first and second half-width bulkhead panels that are mountable in an interior space of a trailer, wherein when the panels are mounted in the trailer, the first and second half-width bulkhead panels are releasably securable together in a side-by-side configuration to form a full-width bulkhead that extends between opposing sidewalls of the trailer; a track-mounting system to movably support the first and second half-width bulkhead panels in the trailer, the mounting system including a plurality of longitudinal rails attachable to at least one of a wall or a ceiling of the trailer, wherein when the panels are mounted in the trailer, the mounting system provides each of the first and second half-width bulkhead panels with a first degree of freedom to convey the panels in a longitudinal direction independently of one another and provides each of the first and second panels with a second degree of freedom to raise the panels independently from an operative position to a stowed position proximate the ceiling of the trailer; and elongate rigid members removably coupled to exterior faces of the first and second half-width bulkhead panels so that each elongate rigid member extends in a generally vertical direction when its corresponding half-width bulkhead panel is in the operative position, wherein the elongate rigid members are substantially more rigid than the first and second half-width bulkhead panels so as to hinder deformation of the first and second half-width bulkhead panels when raised to the stowed position.