Patent ID: 9518393
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: E04F,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A wall panel attachment system for use with a vertically supported sub wall, said system comprising: a plurality of elongated profiles adapted to being secured to the sub wall, with at least some of said profiles having a pair of laterally extending wing portions; first and second panels, each having a thickness separating front and back surfaces and surrounded by four interconnecting sides; a first plurality of individual bunches of reclosable fasteners secured to said laterally extending wing portions; a second plurality of individual bunches of reclosable fasteners secured to locations along said back surface of each of said panels and aligning with said first plurality of bunches upon arraying said panels in proximate and opposing fashion to a spaced apart pair of said profiles; an elongated supporting component positioned over a central extending location of each of said elongated profiles during installation and spacing of said panels, said elongated component having locations which abut against said laterally extending wing portions in combination with exterior profile edges which define contact locations with angled back edges of said panels and so that said elongated supporting component is held in position between said panels and said elongated profile, said elongated supporting component being visible through a gap established between said installed panels; and displacement of said panels in at least a lateral direction maintaining secure engagement of said pairs of first and second bunches of reclosable fasteners owing to a floating arrangement of said panels in relation to said supporting component and said panel edges.