Patent ID: 8347577
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A paneled wall comprising: a plurality of sheet wall panels, each of the wall panel having a constant thickness from a lower edge portion to an upper edge portion of the wall panel and being solid from the lower edge portion to the upper edge portion, the wall panels arranged in a series of rows and columns on the wall, each of the wall panels disposed parallel to the wall, each of the wall panels having an upper panel clip defining an upwardly directed tongue, the upper panel clips attached to a back side of the panels at upper edge portions of the panels and a lower panel clip defining a downwardly directed tongue, the lower panel clip attached to the back side of the panels at lower edge portions of the panels; a plurality of sheet horizontal joints, each of the horizontal joints having a constant thickness from a lower longitudinal surface to an upper longitudinal surface and being solid from the lower longitudinal surface to the upper longitudinal surface, each horizontal joint having a length greater than a width of one of the panels, the upper longitudinal surface having an upper groove, the lower longitudinal surface having a lower groove, the horizontal joints attached to the wall horizontal to the ground and parallel to the other horizontal joint(s), the tongue of the lower clip received into the upper groove of the horizontal joint and the tongue of the upper clip received into the lower groove of the horizontal joint; wherein the wall panels and the horizontal joints have identical thicknesses.