Patent ID: 8322102
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
1. A modular wall system used to construct a wall surface, the system comprising: a) a decorative wall panel; b) a panel frame comprising at least a first member having a web and two flanges, said web and said flanges forming a unitary structure having a channel section, wherein an edge of said decorative wall panel is mounted within said channel section; c) a pair of spaced wall rails mounted on a supporting subwall and between said subwall and said panel frame, with said panel frame extending between and connected to said pair of wall rails; d) a panel frame groove; e) a wall rail groove formed in each said wall rail; f) a plurality of clips, each having a first and a second end with said first end snappingly engaging said panel frame groove and said second end snappingly engaging said wall rail groove.