Modular wall apparatus and method of use

A modular barrier unit comprising:

• a first flat wall panel comprising glass forming a continuous panel and having a first front side and a first back side, said first wall panel also having a perimeter including a first base edge, a first top edge, a first connecting edge, and a first open edge;
• a second flat wall panel comprising glass forming a continuous panel and having second front side and a second back side, said second wall panel also having a perimeter including a second base edge, a second top edge, a second connecting edge, and a second open edge;
• a base having said first base edge of said first wall panel permanently mounted thereon, said base section also having said second base section of said second wall section permanently mounted thereon, wherein said first wall panel is mounted with said first connecting edge adjacent to the second connecting edge of said second wall panel to form a contiguous barrier, wherein said base is configured to be adjustable for leveling the modular barrier unit when said base is installed on a surface that is uneven;
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• a plurality of fittings distributed along a junction comprising the first connecting edge of said first wall panel adjacent to the second connecting edge of said second wall panel, said fittings being configured to permanently connect the first connecting edge of said first wall panel to the adjacent second connecting edge of said second wall panel, wherein the junction of said first connecting edge and said second connecting edge forming said first wall panel and said second wall panel into a V shape;
• wherein said modular barrier units are configured for transporting the plurality of modular barrier units to an installation location;
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• wherein said modular barrier units are configured for arranging the plurality of modular barrier units sequentially next to each other on a line or curve on said surface to form a contiguous barrier by arranging, for each barrier unit, the first open edge of one barrier unit adjacent to the second open edge of an adjacent barrier unit along said sequence to form a contiguous barrier.

A modular barrier unit comprising:

• a first flat wall panel comprised of laminated glass and having a first front side and a first back side, said first wall panel also having a perimeter including a first base edge, a first top edge, a first connecting edge, and a first open edge, wherein at least a portion of the surface of said first front side is provided with a rough texture to prevent a suction cup from securing to the portion of the first front side;
• a second flat wall panel comprised of laminated glass and having second front side and a second back side, said second wall panel also having a perimeter including a second base edge, a second top edge, a second connecting edge, and a second open edge, wherein at least a portion of the surface of said second front side is provided with a rough texture to prevent a suction cup from securing to the portion of the second front side;
• a base comprised of three base panels configured in a polygon and forming an interior space within said polygon, wherein said first wall panel is permanently mounted on a first one of said plurality of base panels by connecting the first base edge of the first wall panel to the first one of said plurality of base panels, and wherein said second wall panel is installed on a second one of said plurality of base panels by connecting the second base edge of the second wall panel to the second one of said plurality of base panels, wherein the third one of said plurality of base panels does not have a wall panel installed thereon, and wherein said first wall panel is mounted on said base with said first connecting edge adjacent to the second connecting edge of said second wall panel to form a contiguous barrier, and further wherein said base is configured to be adjustable for leveling the modular barrier unit when said base is installed on a surface that is uneven;
• a structural member connecting the first wall panel near or at the first open edge to the second wall panel near or at the second open edge;
• a barrier device configured to stop or slow a human from climbing over the modular barrier unit, said barrier device being placed on or at the first top edge of the first flat wall panel and the second top edge of the second flat wall panel;
• a plurality of fittings distributed along a junction comprising the first connecting edge of said first wall panel adjacent to the second connecting edge of said second wall panel, said fittings being configured to permanently connect the first connecting edge of said first wall panel to the adjacent second connecting edge of said second wall panel, wherein
• the junction of said first connecting edge and said second connecting edge forming said first wall panel and said second wall panel into a V shape, and wherein
• at least the base of said modular barrier unit is configured to be manufactured as a unit remotely from an installation location and transported to the installation location as an integrated unit;
• and wherein
• said modular barrier unit is configured such that a plurality of modular barrier units can be arranged at the installation location such that the modular barrier units can be placed sequentially next to each other to form a contiguous barrier by placing the first open edge of one barrier unit adjacent to the second open edge of an adjacent barrier unit along said sequence.