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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2008
Jeff Bloodworth, Cary, NC (US);
Lincoln Grant Godwin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Willard Peterson, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
Joseph Anthony Seiter, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeff Bloodworth, Cary, NC (US);
Lincoln Grant Godwin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Paul Willard Peterson, Jr., Apex, NC (US);
Joseph Anthony Seiter, Raleigh, NC (US);
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an integrated composite floor unit and front wall assembly that can be used in a variety of structures. The integrated composite floor unit and front wall assembly is formed of a floor unit having a front portion and a front wall integrally formed with and rising up from the front portion of the floor unit. The assembly can include other structural features and may be easily combined with a number of further structural components to form a structure. In specific embodiments, the assembly forms part of a modular trailer. In particular, the trailer can be formed of the composite assembly, a composite roof, composite side walls, and a composite rear frame. Such composite trailers advantageously provide a storage volume approximately equal to or greater than conventional trailers but are lighter in weight, thus allowing for storage and/or hauling of a greater weight of cargo than in conventional trailers.