Patent ID: 9428907
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: A47F,E04B,G09F

Claim Text:
1. A free-standing continuous wall assembly comprising: a plurality of panels, each panel having holes formed through a thickness thereof and disposed in a linear pattern adjacent each vertical edge of said each panel, a bottom edge of said each panel is spaced a distance from a surface having said free-standing continuous wall assembly supported thereon, said each panel is prevented from tilting in a forward or a rearward direction when weight is attached to a front surface thereof; two end members, each end member including a base portion, an upright portion upstanding on said base portion mediate ends thereof and a brace having one end connected to said base portion and having an opposite end thereof connected to said upright portion at a distance from said base portion of between forty and sixty percent of a length of said upright portion, said upright portion having a flange with a hole pattern formed through a thickness thereof in a complimentary alignment with said hole pattern in said each panel; one or more intermediate members, each intermediate member including a base portion, an upright portion upstanding on said base portion of said each intermediate member and a brace having one end connected to said base portion of said each intermediate member and having an opposite end thereof connected to said upright portion of said each intermediate member at a distance from said base portion of said each intermediate member of between about fifty and about seventy percent of a length of said upright portion of said each intermediate member, said upright portion of said each intermediate member having a pair of flanges having a front edge surface thereof protruding forward said front surface of said each panel, each of said pair of flanges having a hole pattern formed through a thickness of said each of said pair of flanges of said upright portion of said each intermediate member adjacent and along each vertical edge thereof in said complimentary alignment with said hole pattern in said each panel, said base portion of said each intermediate member having a front end thereof protruding forward said front surface of said each panel at a smaller distance than a front end of a base portion of a respective end member; and fasteners at least passed through aligned apertures in said each panel and one of said two end members and one intermediate member or two intermediate members and fastening said each panel directly thereto.