Patent ID: 6176054
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
A demountable wall system having seamless wall panels that is adapted to be mounted between ceiling and floor structures and which is further adapted to be readily movable from one location to another location between the floor and ceiling structures, comprising:a) an elongated floor railing for resting adjacent the floor;b) an elongated ceiling railing adapted to be disposed under and adjacent the ceiling;c) ceiling connectors for interconnecting the ceiling railing with the ceiling, the ceiling connectors being disconnectable such that the ceiling railing and the demountable wall system can be moved from one location to another relative to the ceiling;d) a series of spaced apart upright wall studs mounted between the floor and ceiling railings;e) a series of wall panels secured between the ceiling and floor railings and connected to the wall studs;f) each wall panel including face and back areas, opposed side edges, and an exterior wall covering secured to a central portion of the face area so as to define a pair of uncovered areas on opposite sides of the exterior wall covering such that when the walls are disposed edge to edge within the demountable wall system a seam is defined between the respective wall panels and flanking the seam is an uncovered area on each side of the seam; andg) a wall covering seam filler strip having an adhesive backing that is secured over the seam and covers both the seam and the two uncovered areas on the sides of the seam such that when the wall panels are aligned edge to edge they include a continuous and seamless wall covering.