Patent ID: 9657509
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: E04B,E06B

Claim:
1. A wall panel arrangement used in retrofitting a wall panel system provided with an upper horizontal frame member, a lower horizontal frame member and at least one pair of vertical frame members having inwardly facing flat walls for retaining at least one existing glass panel therebetween, the wall panel arrangement comprising: an add-on glass wall panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, opposed faces and opposed side walls connected to the opposed faces; and a mounting structure provided on the wall panel system, the mounting structure including only a pair of spaced receiving strips each having a planar body having opposite side edges, the planar body having a planar outer surface secured to one of the inwardly facing flat walls of one of the vertical frame members in spaced relationship to the existing glass panel, and a planar inner surface, wherein the planar body includes a pair of flexible resilient wall panel retaining elements each having a first end connected to one of the side edges of the planar body and a second retainer end, wherein the retaining elements are each arranged at an acute angle relative to a plane of the inner surface of the body such that the retaining elements converge towards each other, wherein the second retainer ends frictionally engage opposed faces of the add-on glass wall panel adjacent one of the opposed sidewalls thereof to support the add-on glass wall panel in a desired vertical position between the pair of vertical frame members, wherein the bottom edge is spaced from the lower horizontal frame member such that the lower horizontal frame member does not support the add-on glass wall panel.