Patent ID: 7766416

Claim:
A vehicle frame having a cab portion and a load-carrying bed, said vehicle frame comprising: sidewall structures opposed and spaced from one another forming sides of the cab portion and sides of the load-carrying bed; a nonmovable wall structure extending between said spaced sidewall structures and separating the cab portion and the load-carrying bed, said wall structure forming a rear wall of the cab portion and a forward wall of the load-carrying bed; said wall structure including: a static panel portion, and at least one hollow beam portion reinforcing said panel portion, said at least one hollow beam portion including lower and upper beam portions extending horizontally between said sidewall structures, said upper beam portion spaced from said lower beam portion, ends of said upper beam portion fixed and nonmovably secured to said sidewall structures; a first cross brace extending from said upper beam portion adjacent said first sidewall structure at an angle to a central area of said lower beam portion; and a second cross brace extending from said upper beam portion adjacent said second sidewall structure at an angle to said central area.