Graphic display modular wall system

An upright display system comprising:

• a face panel substrate and an end panel substrate, each having a front surface, a rear surface, an upper edge, a lower edge and a pair of opposing side edges, the substrates each defining a thickness between the front surface and the rear surface;
• each of the substrates including first and second V-shaped cutouts in the rear surface, the cutouts each converging from the rear surface to a point of the V-shape adjacent the front surface to form a pair of hinges in the substrate, the cutouts spaced apart such that the distance between the points of the respective V-shapes is about twice the thickness of the substrate, the cutouts extending parallel to each other from the upper edge to the lower edge, and dividing the substrate into a main substrate portion adjacent the second cutout, an intermediate portion between the cutouts, and a fold portion extending from the first cutout to a side edge of the substrate, the substrate folded about the hinges such that the rear surface of the fold portion lies flat against the rear surface of the main portion;
• an adhesive between the fold portion and the main portion;
• and
• wherein the face panel substrate includes at least one magnet disposed on the front surface of the fold portion of the face panel substrate, and wherein the end panel substrate includes at least one magnet disposed on the intermediate portion of the end panel substrate aligning and attracting the at least one magnet on the face panel substrate with the end panel substrate extending at an angle with the face panel substrate to enable the formation of a box-like configuration for the upright display system when the face panel substrate and the end panel substrate are connected to a second one of the face panel substrate and a second one of the end panel substrate;
• the substrates each including a printed graphic on the front surface, wherein the printed graphic of each of the substrates is registered with respect to the at least one magnet of that substrate whereby the printed graphics of the face panel substrate and the end panel substrate are correctly aligned to display a continuous image across the substrates, and
• an additional magnet disposed on the front surface of the main portion of at least one of the face panel substrate and the end panel substrate and capable of aligning and attracting an another associated magnet on another one of the box-like structures to form a series of connected box-like structures.

A method for constructing an upright, box-like graphic display structure comprising the steps of:

• providing a face panel substrate having a front surface, a rear surface, a top edge, a bottom edge and a side edge, the front surface including a desired printed graphic material;
• providing an endcap substrate having a front surface, a rear surface, a top edge, a bottom edge and a side edge, the front surface including a desired printed graphic material;
• forming two V-shaped channels into the rear surfaces of each of the face panel substrate and the endcap substrate to create parallel hinges in the substrates, wherein in each of the substrates, the hinges defining a main substrate portion on a first side of the hinges, an intermediate portion between the hinges, and a fold portion on a second side of the hinges and including the side edge;
• forming a magnet channel in the front surface of the face panel substrate within the fold portion;
• forming a magnet channel in the front surface of the endcap substrate within the intermediate portion;
• inserting a magnet into each magnet channel to sit flush with the front surface of the substrates;
• applying an adhesive to the rear surface of one of the fold portion and the main portion of each of the substrates;
• folding each of the substrates about the hinges such that the fold portion lies flat against the main panel with the adhesive in between;
• standing the face panel substrate and the endcap substrate on a ground surface with the bottom edges of the substrates facing the ground surface;
• aligning the magnet of the face panel substrate with the magnet of the endcap substrate, the face panel substrate extending at an angle with respect to the endcap substrate;
• and
• connecting the standing first and second substrates to one another via the magnets, to enable the formation of a box-like structure with the printed graphic material of the face panel substrate and printed graphic material of the endcap substrate correctly aligned to display a continuous image across the substrates.