Patent ID: 8082698

Claim:
A modular enclosure that may be user-assembled on a utility trailer, pickup truck, or a flat surface, the modular enclosure comprising: a plurality of side panels selectively positioned in interlocking engagement with each other to form parallel left and right side walls of equal length and a front wall of said modular enclosure; two 90-degree corner panels, one of which is positioned to interlockingly join said left side wall to said front wall and the other of which is positioned to interlockingly join said right side wall to said front wall; a doorframe assembly positioned in a rear opening of said modular enclosure, said doorframe assembly comprising left and right doorframe flange members each having an outwardly facing edge shaped in correspondence with a contour of an exterior surface of each of said side panels; a header member positioned horizontally between said left and right doorframe flange members at top ends thereof; left and right side frame members mounted to an inner surface of said left and right doorframe flange members, said left and right side frame members each having an outwardly facing edge shaped in correspondence with a contour of an interior surface of each of said side panels, said left and right side frame members protruding into said rear opening of said modular enclosure a distance equal to a thickness of said side frame members such that an inner surface of said left and right doorframe flange members that lies beyond said outwardly facing edge of each of said side frame members is positioned flush against a rear edge surface of rearward most ones of said side panels forming said left and right side walls when said modular enclosure is in said assembled configuration; and one or more doors hingedly attached to a selected one or both of said left and right side frame members; a floorboard for supporting said side panels, corner panels, and doorframe assembly in an assembled configuration of said modular enclosure; a gird strap connected to said door frame assembly and routed forward to encircle said modular enclosure; and tensioning means connected to said gird strap for cinching said gird strap to thereby secure said side panels, said corner panels, and said door frame assembly in said assembled configuration of said modular enclosure.