Patent ID: 6988761

Claim:
A metal trailer interlocking frame panel attached to a trailer frame used in the construction of an enclosed or paneled trailer, said interlocking frame panel essentially comprising: an upper interlocking channel; a conforming lower interlocking channel; an inner panel surface welded to a plurality of parallel vertical trailer frame members and a trailer floor frame; an outer panel surface having a lower slot member and an upper slot member forming a sliding channel; and an outer slide insert attached within the sliding channel of said interlocking frame panel, said outer slide insert further comprising an inner insert surface, an outer insert surface, an upper edge and a lower edge, said outer slide insert attached within said slide channel of said interlocking frame panel by contemporaneous insertion of said upper edge within said upper slot member and said lower edge within said lower slot member until accordingly positioned, wherein a series of holes are drilled through said outer slide insert through said outer panel surface and inner panel surface of said interlocking frame panel and one of said plurality of rivets is inserted within each said hole to secure said outer slide insert within said sliding channel.