Patent ID: 7704026

Claim:
A container having an interior for the storage and transport of cargo, the container having a sidewall construction comprising: a plurality of vertically oriented panels, the panels having an interior side, an exterior side, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first vertical side edge and a second vertical side edge; at least one of the panels further having a first vertical recessed groove on the interior side of the panel, the first vertical recessed groove running parallel to, but spaced apart from, the first vertical side edge and the second vertical side edge; the panel further having a plurality of slots spaced apart from the first vertical side edge and that second vertical side edge; an interior vertical member seated in the first vertical recessed groove and having a plurality of apertures that align with the plurality of slots in the panel; a plurality of metal rivets extending through the interior vertical member, the exterior side, and the interior side of the panel; and wherein the panels are composite panels comprised of an inner core material and outer metal skins covering the inner core material.