Wall panel system
AssigneeMarlite, Inc.
InventorKevin Krieger
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Abstract
A modular wall system 10 includes a number of decorative panels that are received in an extruded panel frame 22. The panel frames 22 are positioned by connecting them to a wall rail 16 that is attached to the building. The wall rail 16 and the panel frame 22 each have a groove 52, 62 that accepts a fastener or clip 18 by interference or snap fit to attach the panel frame 22 to the wall rail 16. The grooves 52, 62 have a dove-tail shape that permits a snap fit to secure the panels 12 yet permit the panels to be easily removed or reconfigured.
Claims17
A modular wall system used to construct a wall surface, the system comprising:
- a) a decorative wall panel;
- b) a panel frame comprising at least a first member having a web and two flanges, said web and said flanges forming a unitary structure having a channel section, wherein an edge of said decorative wall panel is mounted within said channel section;
- c) a pair of spaced wall rails mounted on a supporting subwall and between said subwall and said panel frame, with said panel frame extending between and connected to said pair of wall rails;
- d) a panel frame groove;
- e) a wall rail groove formed in each said wall rail;
- f) a plurality of clips, each having a first and a second end with said first end snappingly engaging said panel frame groove and said second end snappingly engaging said wall rail groove.
A modular wall system used to construct a wall surface, the system comprising:
- a decorative panel, a wall rail, and a clipping means for joining said panel frame to said wall rail;
- a panel frame comprising at least a first member having a web an two flanges, said web and said flanges forming a unitary structure having a channel section;
- an edge of said decorative panel being mounted within said channel section;
- said wall rail being mounted to a supporting subwall and having a uniform cross section, and said wall rail being positioned between said subwall and said panel frame;
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- said clipping means snappingly engaging with a groove in said wall rail and a groove in said panel frame.
A modular wall system used to construct a wall surface, the system comprising:
- a decorative wall panel formed of a structural core, said wall panel having an edge mounted within a panel frame channel section, wherein said panel frame includes a groove formed therein, said frame further comprising at least a first member having a web and two flanges, said web and said flanges forming a unitary structure which form said channel section;
- a pair of spaced wall rails mounted on a supporting subwall and between said subwall and said panel frame, wherein each of said spaced wall rails includes a groove formed therein;
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- at least one clip having a first end snappingly engageable within said groove formed in said panel frame and a second end snappingly engageable within said groove formed in one of said pair of spaced wall rails for securing said decorative wall panel to said pair of spaced wall rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.