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US 2019/0055737 A1Published application
Face mounting system
OwnerCharbel Tannious Aboukhalilinventor
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Abstract
A face mounting system for mounting a plurality of panels to a surface of a wall is disclosed. The plurality of panels are attached to the surface of the wall by way of rails having hooks that engage a protrusion of the clips. The rails and the clips may be attached to the wall and the panels respectively or vice versa. Each of the panels may be attached and removed to the wall one at a time and in any order.
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A wall system comprising:
- a wall having a flat surface;
- a plurality of panels to be mounted on the flat surface of the wall, each panel being between 6″×6″ and 20″×20″ and having a thickness between 5/16″ and 1″, each panel defining front and back flat surfaces;
- a plurality of mounting rails having a length greater than ½ a width of the panel, the mounting rails attached to the flat surface of the wall, each mounting rail having at least one elongate protrusion;
- a plurality of panel clips attached to the back surface of each of the panels, the clips each having a base extending parallel to and externally in contact with the back surface of one of the panels and opposed elongate hooks that are attached to the elongate protrusions of the mounting rails and any one of the panels being removable from the flat surface of the wall with a pulling force.
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A wall system comprising:
- a wall having a flat surface;
- a plurality of panels to be mounted on the flat surface of the wall, each panel being between 6″×6″ and 20″×20″ and having a thickness between 5/16″ and 1″, each panel defining front and back flat surfaces;
- a plurality of panel clips greater than ½ a width of the panel, the panel clips attached to the flat surface of the wall, each panel clip having opposed elongate hooks configured to spread apart and go back toward their original position;
- a plurality of mounting rails attached to the back surface of each of the panels, the mounting rails each having at least one elongate protrusion that are attached to the opposed elongate hooks of the panel clips and any one of the panels being removable from the flat surface of the wall with a pulling force that spreads apart the opposed elongate hooks of a panel clip to which the elongate protrusion of the panel is attached.
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A method of installing a face mounting system to a wall, the method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a first elongate rails to a flat surface of the wall, the first elongate rails having a first protrusion which is straight;
- aligning a second elongate rail having a second protrusion which is straight parallel to the first protrusion;
- attaching the second elongate rails to the flat surface of the wall while holding the alignment achieved during the aligning the second elongate rail step;
- aligning and attaching additional elongate rails to the flat surface of the wall so that protrusions of the additional elongate rails are parallel to the first and second protrusions of the first and second elongate rails;
- positioning upper and lower clips with a base of each of the upper and lower clips extending parallel to and externally in contact with the back surface of each panel of a plurality of panels;
- attaching the upper and lower clips to the plurality of panels via the bases, a distance between the upper and lower clips being equal to a distance between the first protrusion of the first elongate rail and the second protrusion of the second elongate rail so that the upper and lower clips are attachable to adjacent elongate protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.