Patent ID: 9493945
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: E04B,E04C,E04H

Claim Text:
1. A wall panel connecting system for a modular building unit, comprising: a modular building unit corner support post fixedly attached to a frame of said modular building unit, said corner support post having a first exterior face, a second exterior face, a first interior face, and a second interior face; a plurality of wall panels; and a first modular wall panel connector configured for attachment to said first interior face of said corner support post, and a second modular wall panel connector configured for attachment to said second interior face of said corner support post, each said modular wall panel connector further comprising a pair of brackets, and each of said pair of brackets further comprising: an exterior portion having a first distal end and a second distal end, the first distal end detachably connectable to one of said first interior face and said second interior face of said corner support post and said second distal end positioned to abut one of said wall panels at an exterior face of said wall panel; and an interior portion having a first distal end and a second distal end, the first distal end of the interior portion detachably connectable to said exterior portion and to one of said first interior face and said second interior face of said corner support post and said second distal end of said interior portion positioned to abut said wall panel at an interior face of said wall panel, said corner support post further comprising a first connecting flange extending from said first interior face toward an interior of said corner support post, and a second connecting flange extending from said second interior face toward said interior of said corner support post; each said exterior portion of said brackets further comprising the first distal end thereof having an exterior connecting arm configured for positioning against and removable attachment to one of said first and second connecting flanges of said corner support post; and each said interior portion of said brackets further comprising the first distal end thereof having an interior connecting arm configured for positioning against said exterior connecting arm of said exterior portion of said modular wall panel connector, and for removable attachment to one of said first and second connecting flanges of said corner support post.