Panel-based modular wall system

A system for providing a paneled surface upon an interior wall extending from the floor of a facility, comprising:

• a first sequence of vertically aligned attachment brackets fixed to said wall including:
• (a) a first bottom bracket having an outwardly extending first horizontal bottom flange assembly located a predetermined height above said floor, and an outwardly extending first vertical bottom flange assembly located above said first horizontal flange assembly,
• (b) a first top packet having an outwardly extending first horizontal top flange assembly located a height corresponding with a panel height above said first horizontal bottom flange, and an outwardly extending first vertical top flange assembly located below said first horizontal top flange assembly;
• a second sequence of vertically aligned attachment brackets fixed to said wall and spaced horizontally from said first sequence of vertically aligned attachment brackets, including:
• (a) a second bottom bracket having an outwardly extending second horizontal bottom flange assembly located in horizontal alignment with said first horizontal bottom flange assembly and an outwardly extending second vertical bottom flange assembly located above said second horizontal flange assembly and spaced from said first vertical bottom flange assembly a distance corresponding with a panel width;
• (b) a second top bracket having an outwardly extending second horizontal top flange assembly horizontally aligned with said horizontal top flange assembly, and an outwardly extending second vertical top flange assembly located below said second horizontal top flange assembly;
• a first vertical panel support component connected with said first vertical bottom flange assembly and said first vertical top flange assembly and having an outwardly disposed, magnetically responsive first vertical panel connector surface;
• a second vertical panel support component conencted with said second vertical bottom flange assembly and said second vertical top flange assembly and having an outwardly disposed, magnetically responsive second vertical panel connector surface;
• a first bottom horizontal panel support component connected with said first horizontal bottom flange assembly and said second horizontal bottom flange assembly and having an outwardly disposed, magnetically responsive bottom panel connector surface;
• a first top horizontal panel support component connected with said first horizontal top flange assembly and said second horizontal top flange assembly and having an outwardly disposed magnetically responsive top panel connector surface;
• an upwardly opening panel receiving and supporting platform fixed to said first bottom bracket and said second bottom bracket and extending outwardly from said bottom panel connector surface;
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• a first thin wall panel having panel forward and rearward surfaces with generally rectangle defining bottom, top and first and second panel edges, and having magnetically responsive panel connector components located at said rearward surface adjacent said first and second panel edges, a said connector component adjacent said first panel first panel edge being in removable magnetic connection with said first vertical panel connector surface, a said connector component adjacent said first panel second panel edge being in removable magnetic connection with said second vertical panel connector surface, and said first panel bottom edge being in compression deriving abutting supporting engagement with said panel receiving and supporting platform.