Patent ID: 8186747

Claim:
A modular composite trailer comprising: A) two opposing composite sidewall panels, each having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front edge, and a rear edge; B) a composite roof panel having two side portions, a front edge, and a rear edge, the roof panel side portions being adapted to receive the top edges of the sidewall panels; C) an integrated composite floor unit and front wall assembly comprising: i) a floor unit having a front portion, a rear edge, and two side portions, the floor unit side portions being adapted to receive the bottom edges of the sidewall panels; and ii) a front wall integrally formed with and rising up from the front portion of the floor unit, the front wall having a top portion adapted to receive the front edge of the roof panel and having two side portions adapted to receive the front edges of the sidewall panels; and D) a composite rear frame having a bottom frame component adapted to receive the rear edge of the floor unit, two side frame components adapted to receive the rear edges of the sidewall panels such that each, single sidewall panel extends entirely between the front wall and the rear frame, and a top frame component adapted to receive the rear edge of the roof panel; the components being combined to form the trailer having an interior and an exterior and wherein the trailer has a length of about 53 feet and has an average overall empty weight of less than about 12,000 pounds.