Patent ID: 6923493

Claim:
A cargo transport structure for use with a motorized vehicle so that when transported by the motorized vehicle, the structure extends from proximate the motorized vehicle and away from the motorized vehicle over at least one pair of wheels, said structure comprising: a floor; and a side wall extending vertically upward from a side edge of said floor, said side wall having an exterior surface, a plurality of adjacent liner panels inward of and spaced apart from said exterior surface, wherein each said liner panel has a stiff backer and a tough facer attached to an inward side of said backer so that said facer at least partially defines a planar inner surface of said side wall, and said facer defines an overhang portion that wraps around a vertical edge of said backer and covers an edge surface of said backer that is perpendicular to said inner surface, and a plurality of elongated vertical posts disposed between said liner panels and said exterior surface, wherein each said post has a generally planar longitudinal inwardmost surface, wherein each pair of adjacent said liner panels is attached to a respective said vertical post disposed between said adjacent liner panels so that said liner panels of said pair of adjacent liner panels extend over said inwardmost surface of said respective vertical post.