Patent ID: 8205931

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: at least one section comprising a generally horizontal floor portion having two side edges and two generally upstanding wall portions each arranged along a respective side edge of the floor portion; each of said floor portion and said wall portions being formed from a first sheet, a second sheet and a core material between the sheets; each of the first and second sheets being formed of a fiber reinforced material so as to provide strength against tension in both longitudinal and transverse directions; the core material having a thickness so as to hold the first and second sheets spaced by a distance to provide a resistance of the panel to bending; and a resin permeated through the sheets; the floor portion terminating at each of its two side edges at a respective edge portion which lies in a common plane with the floor portion; and a first and a second metal rail each having a first channel portion thereof adhesively connected to the edge portion of the floor portion at the respective side edge thereof and having a second channel portion thereof adhesively connected to an edge portion portion of the respective wall portion.