Patent ID: 8161705
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A system for installing at least two generally rectangular wall panels disposed adjacent to one another against a building wall having an upper portion and a lower portion, a ceiling and a floor, each of said wall panels having a top, a bottom and first and second sides, comprising: an upper panel retention structure having an elongated inverted U-shaped member, said inverted U-shaped member having a top, a downwardly disposed inner side and an downwardly disposed outer side, said downwardly disposed outer side having a bottom; mounting means for attaching said inverted U-shaped member to said upper portion of said building's wall or to said ceiling; a ceiling molding mount attached perpendicular to said bottom of said downwardly disposed outer side of said inverted U-shaped member, said ceiling molding mount being disposed parallel to said ceiling, said ceiling molding mount having a width, an inner side and an outer side; said inner side forming an inner catch member and said outer side forming an outer catch member; an elongated ceiling molding formed in a generally U-shape, said ceiling molding having: a lower panel retention structure having an elongated U-shaped member herein referred to as the lower U-shaped member, said lower U-shaped member having a bottom, an upwardly disposed inner side and an upwardly disposed outer side, said upwardly disposed outer side having a top; mounting means for attaching said lower U-shaped member to the bottom of said building's wall or said floor; a base molding mount attached perpendicular to the top of said upwardly disposed outer side of said lower U-shaped member, said base molding mount being disposed parallel to said floor, said base molding mount having a width, an inner side, and an outer side; said inner side forming an inner base molding catch member and said outer side forming an outer base molding catch member; an elongated base molding formed in a generally inverted U-shape, said base molding having: