Patent ID: 7461888

Claim:
A sidewall assembly for a transporting vehicle comprising a side wall including a plurality of composite panels having a non-metallic material imposed between a pair of sheets and extending vertically along a horizontal axis, said composite panels having vertical flat edge portions, a plurality of inner side posts vertically positioned between adjacent pairs of said plurality of composite panels, said inner side posts having a shaped horizontal cross-section forming a flat central surface and a pair of opposite offset edge portions forming flat inner surfaces and outer surfaces, said offset edge portions being offset from said flat central surface by a distance generally equal to thickness of said vertical flat edge portions, a plurality of outer vertical flat side posts being vertically positioned in generally contacting relationship with said outer surfaces of said plurality of inner side posts, and mechanical fasteners for interconnecting said vertical edge portions of each plurality of composite panels, said offset portions of said plurality of inner side posts, and said plurality of outer side posts together as a unit with said vertical edge portions of said composite panels generally contacting said inner surfaces of said offset portions of said inner side posts and said flat outer surface of said inner side posts generally contacting a portion of said flat outer posts.