Patent ID: 7614196
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: B32B,E04B

Abstract:
1. An upright interior wall having a frame and one or more cover pads mounted on an upright side of said frame for defining an exterior side surface of said wall, said cover pad comprising: a platelike main pad part having a beveled edge surface extending therearound; a ringlike frame fixed to and extending around said main pad part, said frame being defined by elongate edge flange parts which extend along and are fixed to each edge of said main pad part, each said edge flange part having a beveled edge surface which is opposed to and overlies a respective beveled edge surface of the main pad part; said main pad part and said edge flange parts being initially defined by a one-piece flat monolithic platelike blank which has a thick center core layer having opposed side surfaces thereon respectively adhered to thin front and rear facing layers which respectively define front and rear exterior surfaces of the blank; said blank having grooves formed inwardly therein from the rear surface thereof adjacent and running parallel with each edge of said blank, each said groove being generally V-shaped in cross-section and opening inwardly from the rear surface through the rear layer and through substantially the entire thickness of the center core layer so that the apex of the groove terminates generally at an interface between the core layer and the front facing layer so that the front facing layer defines a narrow bridge at the apex which functions as a hinge point enabling the edge flange part to be rotated about 90° relative to the main pad part so that the beveled edge surface on the respective edge flange part moves into opposed and substantially engaged relationship with the respective beveled edge surface of the main pad part and is adhesively engaged therewith; the apex of the groove being defined by a generally flat surface as defined by said front facing layer to initially provide a small gap between the opposed beveled edge surfaces as defined on the main pad part and the respectively opposed edge frame part; a plurality of mounting clips fixedly attached relative to the main pad part for permitting the pad to be releasably engaged with the frame, each said mounting clip being secured adjacent a rear side of the pad and including a platelike mounting part clampingly held between the beveled edge surface of the main pad part and the opposed beveled edge surface of the respective edge flange part when these opposed beveled edge surfaces are in engaged relationship; and said mounting clip including a clip part which is joined to said mounting part and is cantilevered outwardly away from said rear surface so as to be positioned for engagement with the wall frame, said clip part as it protrudes outwardly away from the rear surface terminating in a free end part which protrudes rearwardly a greater extent than an adjacent said edge frame part, the free end part of said clip part defining thereon an engagement structure for releasable engagement with the frame of the wall.