Vehicle for enclosing and carrying diverse forms of cargo

Claim 1

A VEHICLE FOR ENCLOSING AND CARRYING DIVERSE FORMS OF LOADS AND COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FLAT-BED FRAME AND A MOBILE SUPPORT THEREFOR; A RIGID ROOF, A FIRST SIDE WALL, A FRONT END WALL, A REAR DOOR, AND A WITHDRAWABLE FLEXIBLE SIDING FOR COVERING THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE OPPOSITE SAID FIRST SIDE WALL; A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF VERTICAL UPRIGHTS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND ARRANGED ALONG THE RESPECTIVE SIDES OF SAID FRAME AND AFFIXED AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS TO SAID FRAME AND TO SAID ROOF, SAID FIRST SIDE WALL BEING RIGIDLY FIXED TO THE OUTER SURFACES OF THE UPRIGHTS ALONG THE SIDE OF SAID FRAME OPPOSITE SAID FLEXIBLE SIDING, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY HORIZONTAL LOAD-SUPPORTING BEAMS, EACH BEAM BEING REMOVABLY ATTACHED AT THE ENDS TO THE CORRESPONDING UPRIGHTS OF EACH PAIR AND AT A LOCATION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE UPRIGHTS, EACH BEAM HAVING AN ANGULARLY FLANGED RAIL PORTION CONFRONTING THE RAIL PORTION OF THE NEXT ADJACENT BEAM AND ADAPTED TO CRADLE AN ARTICLE THEREBETWEEN BY CONTACT OF THE HORIZONTAL FLANGE OF ITS RAIL WITH THE LOWER END OF THE ARTICLE AND TO PREVENT ENDWISE SHIFTING OF THE ARTICLE BY ABUTMENT OF THE END THEREOF WITH THE UPRIGHT FLANGE OF ITS RAIL; THE SEVERAL TRANSVERSE SPACES WITHIN SAID VEHICLE AS DEFINED BY EACH BEAM AND ITS CORRESPONDING PAIR OF UPRIGHTS AND THE NEXT ADJACENT BEAM AND ITS CORRESPONDING PAIR OF UPRIGHTS BEING UNOBSTRUCTED AND ADAPTED TO RECIEVE ARTICLES MOVED ALONG SAID BEAMS FROM THE SIDE OF SAID VEHICLE OPPOSITE SAID FIXED FIRST SIDE WALL THEREOF AND TO PERMIT THE FIRST LOADED OF SUCH ARTICLES TO BE DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT SAID FIRST SIDE WALL, AND THE LONGITUDINAL SPACE WITHIN SAID VEHICLE BETWEEN SAID FIXED FIRST SIDE WALL AND SAID FLEXIBLE SIDING BEING UNOBSTRUCTED EXCEPT FOR SAID BEAMS; MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID BEAMS FOR SECURING ARTICLES CRADLED ON SAID BEAMS AGAINST MOVEMENT TRANSVERSE OF SAID FRAME, AND MEANS FOR SECURING ARTICLES RESTING ON SAID BED AGAINST MOVEMENT TRANSVERSE OF SAID FRAME; SAID VEHICLE WHEN SAID FLEXIBLE SIDING IS WITHDRAWN, BEING ADAPTED FOR LOADING FROM THE SIDE AND FOR EMPLOYING SAID BEAMS AS LOADSUPPORTING MEMBERS, AND BEING ADAPTED FOR LOADING FROM THE REAR WHEN SAID BEAMS ARE DETACHED FROM SAID UPRIGHTS.