Van body with overhead side doors

Claim 1

A van-type truck body for use in delivering items at a plurality of delivery points in a route, comprising a generally rectangular hollow body enclosing a load-carrying space defined by generally parallel sidewalls, end walls, roof and substantially flat floor with the enclosed space being free of obstructions throughout its extent, said body including access door means at the rear end thereof to provide access to the space, and a plurality of rollup overhead doors along each side of said body, said doors occupying substantially the entire length of each sidewall to provide access to the load carrying space substantially throughout the length of each side of the space thereby enabling items to be loaded into the space through the rear access door means and unloaded from either side of the load space at substantially any longitudinal point therealong each of said rollup overhead doors including generally right angular guide members, each guide member including a vertical portion extending vertically of the sidewall and a horizontal portion extending under the roof, the horizontal portions of the guide members for the doors on opposite sides of the body being disposed in overlying relation whereby a major portion of the rollup doors on opposite sides of the body are disposed in overlying relation under the roof when in open position.