Patent ID: 7258391

Claim:
A sidewall assembly for a transporting vehicle comprising an outer side sheet having an inner surface extending along a longitudinal axis, a plurality of vertical side posts being affixed to said outer side sheet, a portion of said side posts forming a generally flat central wall lying in spaced relationship to said inner surface of said side sheet, said side posts further having a pair of integral edge sections connected to said central wall, said edge sections having segments contacting said side sheet, said edge sections further having outer flanges integrally connected to said segments of said edge sections and being spaced from said inner surface, and a plurality of liners respectively extending between adjacent side posts, said liners having a central portion forming a generally flat interior face, said liners having integral side portions extending on opposite vertical sides of said central portion respectively for contacting said outer flanges of said side posts, and said integral side portions respectively extending generally beyond said segments, and said outer flanges of said side posts being positioned between the side portions of the liner and the outer side sheet.