Patent ID: 8025331

Claim:
A roof assembly for a storage container having two opposing side walls that together define a length of the storage container, the roof assembly comprising a plurality of roof panels arranged atop and between the two opposing side walls along the length of the storage container in side-by-side relationship, each of the plurality of roof panels having opposite sides and opposite ends, each of the opposite ends of the plurality of roof panels configured to be secured to a top of a corresponding one of the two opposing side walls, each of the opposite sides of each of the plurality of roof panels configured to be attached to the side of an adjacent one of the plurality of roof panels wherein the storage container further includes a first top rail attached to one of the opposing side walls of the storage container along the to thereof and a second to rail attached to the other of the opposing side walls of the storage container along the top thereof, and wherein the opposite ends of each of the plurality of roof panels are configured to be mounted to a corresponding one of the first and second top rails, and further wherein each of the plurality of roof panels comprises a core member, a first skin on one surface of the core member and a second skin on an opposite surface of the core member, and abutting sides of adjacent ones of the plurality of roof panels each include a region of reduced thickness of the core member.