US 9,840,841 B2 · Method of configuring walls

Abstract

A method of configuring a modular wall having a plurality of different types of interchangeable wall modules with different types of compatible connection components, each connection component being configured to align with another connection component at an interface to form an interface connection for securing the connection components together with one or more universal connection interface members. The modular wall system is configured for on-demand reconfiguration without laborious alteration to aspects of the walls system, modules, and components thereof. Reconfiguration of modules is facilitated by removing the universal connection interface member from the interface connection, thereby releasing the attachment mechanism and allowing rearrangement of the module(s). Replacement of the universal connection interface member secures the reconfigured modules in place in the rearranged wall system.

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Dependent claims

A method of assembling a wall system comprising:

providing a plurality of modules configured to be arranged into a modular structure, wherein each module comprises at least one connection element configured to be attached to a connection element of another module;
aligning a connection element of a first module with a connection element of a second module at a connection interface such that a c-shaped interface channel of the connection element of the first module and a c-shaped interface channel of the connection element of the second module form an interface channel when aligned;
and
reversibly securing the first module to the second module by means of a connection interface component that is symmetrically x-shaped, having four opposed channel engagement elements that align the connection interface component into the interface channel such that an interface component attachment member of the first module, and an interface component attachment member of the second module are coupled between pairs of the opposed engagement elements, wherein the connection interface component is oriented in a vertical or horizontal direction.

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A method of reconfiguring an assembled wall system comprising:

disabling a module securing mechanism such that first and second modules of a modular structure are unsecured one from another;
and
altering the configuration of the modular structure,
wherein:
the first and second modules each comprise at least one connection element configured to be attached to a connection element of another module at a connection interface, and
altering the configuration of the modular structure comprises aligning respective connection elements of two adjacent modules at a connection interface and reversibly securing the two adjacent modules together by means of a connection interface component that is symmetrically x-shaped, having four opposed channel engagement elements such that an interface component attachment member of the first module, and an interface component attachment member of the second module are coupled between pairs of the opposed engagement elements.

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A method of reconfiguring a modular wall system, comprising:

providing a modular wall formed of a plurality of modules, wherein each module comprises at least one connection element connected to a connection element of another module at a connection interface by means of a connection interface component that is symmetrically x-shaped, having four opposed channel engagement elements that align the connection interface component at the connection interface such that an interface component attachment member of the first module, and an interface component attachment member of the second module are coupled between pairs of the opposed engagement elements;
disconnecting a first connection element of a first module from a second connection element of a second module by removing a connection interface component from within the first and second connection elements;
and at least one of:
removing at least one of the first or second modules from the modular wall to reduce a height of the modular wall;
reordering the first and second modules and connecting the first and second modules back into the modular wall in the reordered arrangement;
and
connecting a third module into the modular wall to replace at least one of the first or second modules with a third module.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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