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1. A cargo body comprising:
a floor; a roof; and a plurality of sidewalls extending between the floor and the roof to define a cargo receiving volume in cooperation with the floor and the roof, each one of the plurality of sidewalls constructed of a plurality of panels including adjacent pairs of panels secured together at respective joints, wherein each of the plurality of panels is a composite panel having a core, an interior skin secured to a first side of the core facing the cargo receiving volume, and an exterior skin secured to a second side of the core opposite the first side, wherein each of the joints includes an interior splice plate and an exterior splice plate, and co-facing edge portions of the adjacent pair of panels are sandwiched between the interior and exterior splice places, wherein each edge portion defines a region of reduced core thickness in which a core thickness measured between the respective interior and exterior skins is less than a maximum core thickness measured between the respective interior and exterior skins, and wherein a recess is formed by the pair of interior skins or by the pair of exterior skins to receive the corresponding one of the interior and exterior splice plates, such that the corresponding one of the interior and exterior splice plate is nested into the recess. |
