Patent ID: 8997436
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B29C,B29L,E04B,E04C,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wall panel system comprising: a base track; and a plurality of interlocking wall panels each having a top end and a bottom end extending between a pair of opposed edges, each of the plurality of panels having a panel tongue extending from one of the pair of opposed edges and a panel groove defined in the opposed one of the pair of opposed edges such that the panel tongue of one panel engages the panel groove of an adjacent panel; each of the plurality of interlocking wall panels comprising: a first and second elongated vertical extrusion each having a front face and a back face extending between a left side and a right side, the front and back faces each being generally flat and parallel to each other, the front and back faces being spaced apart by an extrusion thickness, one of the sides of each of the extrusions having an extrusion groove defined therein and the other of the sides of each of the extrusions having an extrusion tongue extending therefrom, wherein the extrusion tongue is a solid extrusion tongue, the first and second extrusions being metal extrusions having a hollow body portion, the first and second extrusions being identical to each other; a planar panel body having a front face and a back face that are each generally flat and parallel to each other, the front and back faces being spaced apart by a panel body thickness substantially the same as the extrusion thickness; the planar panel body being disposed between the first and second elongated vertical extrusions such that one of the extrusions defines one of the edges of the panel and the other of the extrusions defines the other of the edges of the panel, the extrusion groove of one of the extrusions defining the panel groove and the extrusions tongue of the other of the extrusions defining the panel tongue; a front skin continuously covering the front faces of the panel body and the entirety of the front faces of the first and second extrusions so as to provide a smooth, continuous and planar front surface for the panel; and a back skin continuously covering the back faces of the panel body and the entirety of the front faces of the first and second extrusions so as to provide a smooth, continuous and planar rear surface for the panel.