Patent ID: 8356561

Claim:
A side wall for a rail vehicle, comprising: a plurality of profiles which are arranged vertically one above the other, wherein the plurality of profiles forms the side wall of the rail vehicle; and a sliding seat formed between each of the plurality of profiles, wherein a first profile includes, on an outer side of the side wall, a first welding projection, a second profile includes a second welding projection which is dimensioned to reach a predefined overall side wall height, the first and second profiles are welded to one another on the outer side of the side wall via a V-seam, wherein the first profile engages under the second profile on the outer side of the side wall so as to form a cavity underneath the V-seam, and wherein the overall side wall height is determined by adapting a length of the second welding projection of the second profile, while on an inner side of the side wall the first profile is inserted into the second profile.