Patent ID: 9347218
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: E04B

Claim Text:
1. A nested wall module for use in a modular wall system, the nested wall module having a nested object mounted therein, the nested object being nested within a pair of opposing face-mounted panels and a center-mounted panel, so that the nested object, center-mounted panel, and at least one of the face-mounted panels are viewable in the modular wall system simultaneously, the nested wall module comprising: a support frame having at least two upright supports that are each attached to one or more horizontal cross members; the center-mounted panel secured within the support frame; the pair of opposed face-mounted panels secured about the support frame and about the center-mounted panel, such that an exposed surface of at least one of the face-mounted panels is parallel to an exposed surface of the center-mounted panel, and such that the exposed surface of the center-mounted panel is recessed from the exposed surface of the at least one face-mounted panel; and the nested object being nested within the pair of opposing face-mounted panels and the center-mounted panel by being secured via done or more nesting frame assemblies to the pair of face-mounted panels and to the center-mounted panel, wherein the nested object is supported directly by the center-mounted panels attached to the one or more nesting frame assemblies, and not supported directly by any of the upright supports or horizontal cross members of the support frame, wherein the center-mounted panel is transparent, such that the nested object, the center-mounted panel, and the at least one face-mounted panel are viewable in the nested wall module simultaneously.