# US 10,480,186 B2 · Cleanroom panel system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,186 B2 - Document ID: US10480186B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/001,028 - Filed: 2018-06-06 - Published: 2018-10-04 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-28 - Assignees: Concept Bio-Securite Inc. - Applicants: Concept Bio-Securite Inc. - Inventors: Patricia Tanguay; Pierre Larocque - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480186B2 ## CPC - E04B 2/7401: {assembled using panels without a frame or supporting posts, with or without upper or lower edge locating rails} - E04B 9/245: {by means of screws, bolts or clamping strips held against the underside of the supporting construction (E04B9/26 takes precedence)} - E04F 13/0803: {with load-supporting elongated furring elements between wall and covering elements} - E04F 13/0851: {Hooking means on the back side of the covering elements} - E04F 13/0898: {with sealing elements between coverings (sealings of joints between building constructions in general E04B1/68)} - E04F 19/062: {used between similar elements (separate provisional spacers E04F21/0092)} - E04F 19/064: {in corners} - E04B 2002/7498: {Partitions for clean rooms} - E04B: GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS (border constructions of opening in walls, floors or ceilings E06B1/00; {electromagnetic shielding H05K9/0001}) - E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B) ## Abstract The system includes a plurality of panels made of a thermoplastic material. The panels have a hermetically-sealed connection between them using a plurality of first thermoplastic welded junctions. The system further includes a plurality of elongated snap-in panel anchoring units. Each unit including complementary first and second members to be latched together through an interfering engagement. At least the first member of each snap-in panel anchoring unit is made of a thermoplastic material and these first members are attached to the outboard major surface of the panels using a plurality of second thermoplastic welded junctions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cleanroom panel system including: a plurality of panels, each of the panels having opposite inboard and outboard major surfaces that are made of a thermoplastic material; a plurality of first thermoplastic welded junctions, each of the first thermoplastic welded junctions providing a hermetically-sealed connection between adjacently-disposed lateral side edges of a corresponding pair formed by two juxtaposed ones of the panels; a plurality of elongated snap-in panel anchoring units, at least one for each of the panels, each of the snap-in panel anchoring units including complementary first and second members to be latched together through an interfering engagement, at least the first member of each of the snap-in panel anchoring units being made of a thermoplastic material; and a plurality of second thermoplastic welded junctions, each of the second thermoplastic welded junctions being provided between a corresponding one of the first members of the snap-in panel anchoring units and the outboard major surface of a corresponding one of the panels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein there is a plurality of snap-in panel support units for each of the panels. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein at least some of the second members of the snap-in panel anchoring units are made of a thermoplastic material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, further including an external supporting structure, at least some of the second members of the snap-in panel anchoring units being affixed to the external supporting structure using fasteners. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 4, wherein the external supporting structure is provided inside a decommissioned maritime container. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein at least some of the first members of the snap-in panel anchoring units are C-shaped. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein the latching engagement between the first and second members of the snap-in panel anchoring units is unidirectional. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein at least some of the panels are single-layered. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein at least some of the panels are a multi-layered construction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 9, wherein at least some of the panels having the multi-layered construction each include two juxtaposed flat sheet panels with intervening spacers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 10, wherein at least some of the panels each include an internal layer of an acoustic insulation material between the two juxtaposed flat sheet panels. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein at least some of the first thermoplastic welded junctions are provided on a corresponding bridging connector that engages edges of at least another one of the panels and that is made of a thermoplastic material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein the panels of the cleanroom panel system include only wall panels. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein the panels of the cleanroom panel system include only wall panels and ceiling panels. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein the panels of the cleanroom panel system include only wall panels and floor panels. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, wherein the panels of the cleanroom panel system include wall panels, ceiling panels and floor panels. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 1, further including bridging connectors that are made of a thermoplastic material, at least some of the bridging connectors being located between at least some of the adjacently-disposed lateral side edges of the panels. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 17, wherein the thermoplastic material of the opposite inboard and outboard major surfaces of the panels, the thermoplastic material of the first members of the snap-in panel anchoring units and the thermoplastic material of the bridging connectors are identical. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 18, wherein at least some of the first thermoplastic welded junctions are provided along at least some of the bridging connectors. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The cleanroom panel system as defined in claim 18, wherein at least one of the bridging connectors is provided at a corner where three of the panels are interconnecting.