Architectural column cover and wall panel assembly

An architectural assembly, comprising:

• a plurality panels;
• and
• a plurality of hooking members, said plurality of hooking members being in locked engagement with corresponding edges of said panels, for fixedly coupling together said panels, wherein each of said hooking members comprises:
• a base portion, at least a portion of said base portion residing in a respective slot formed in at least one of said panels;
• at least one projecting portion extending downwardly from said base portion;
• a head portion extending from an upper surface of said base portion, said head portion abutting one of said panels;
• and
• a tail portion extending from a lower surface of said base portion, and wherein said at least one projecting portion and said tail portion receive respective portions of the edges of two of said panels therebetween, for fixedly coupling these portions.

A panel attachment assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of supporting members mounted to a fixed structure, each supporting member having at least one slot therein;
• at least one panel, each having at least one slot therein;
• and
• at least one hooking member, each being engaged with a slot in said at least one panel and a slot in a respective one of said supporting members for fixedly securing said at least one panel to the respective supporting member.

A panel attachment assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of supporting members mounted to a fixed structure;
• at least one panel;
• and
• a plurality of hooking members, said plurality of hooking members being in locking engagement with said at least one panel and said supporting members for fixedly securing said at least one panel to said supporting members, wherein each of said hooking members comprises:
• a base portion, at least a portion of said base portion residing in a respective slot formed in said at least one panel and one of said supporting members;
• at least one projecting portion extending downwardly from said base portion;
• a head portion extending from an upper surface of said base portion, said head portion abutting said at least one panel;
• and
• a tail portion extending from a lower surface of said base portion, wherein said at least one projecting portion and said tail portion receive therebetween a respective portion of said at least one panel and a respective portion of one of said supporting members.

A hooking apparatus, comprising:

• an inverted U-shaped portion, said U-shaped portion including a base portion and first and second projecting portions, said first projecting portion extending downwardly from a first side of said base portion, said second projecting portion extending downwardly from a second, opposite side of said base portion;
• a head portion extending from an upper surface of said base portion;
• and
• a tail portion extending from a lower surface of said base portion and being disposed between said first and second projecting portions, wherein a first gap separates said first projecting portion and said tail portion, and a second gap separates said second projecting portion and said tail portion;
• wherein said hooking member is for being engaged with external structures such that at least a portion of said base portion resides in at least one slot formed in the external structures, said head and tail portions abut at least one of the external structures, and respective portions of the external structures are in locked engagement within either said first gap between said first projecting portion and said tail portion or within said second gap between said second projecting portion and said tail portion, said hooking member thereby maintaining the external structures in fixed engagement.