US 12,168,480 B2
Composite truck body kits
Scott Storz, Lafayette, IN (US); Travis Smith McCloud, Malabar, FL (US); Bryan Yielding, Riceville, TN (US); and Timothy Frederick Marling, Granger, IN (US)
Assigned to Wabash National, L.P., Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Wabash National, L.P., Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,853.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/118,335, filed on Nov. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161871 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 33/04 (2006.01); B62D 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 33/046 (2013.01) [B62D 29/045 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assembling a cargo body for a vehicle, the method comprising:
manufacturing a composite floor assembly including an L-shaped connector continuous around an entire perimeter to the composite floor assembly, the L-shaped connector a vertical portion and a horizontal portion beneath the floor assembly;
manufacturing a composite first sidewall and a composite second sidewall;
manufacturing a composite front wall;
manufacturing a composite roof having a perimeter rail;
packaging the composite floor assembly, the composite first sidewall, the composite second sidewall, the composite front wall, the composite roof, and mechanical fasteners in a kit assembly; and
shipping the kit assembly to a different location for subsequent assembly of the cargo body, wherein the kit assembly is configured for assembly using only the mechanical fasteners, the vertical portion of the L-shaped connector configured to couple to the composite first sidewall, the composite second sidewall, the composite front wall, and a rear door assembly.