Patent ID: 7185460

Claim:
A free-standing wall structure system having front and rear faces comprising: a plurality of horizontal members each defined by a plurality of horizontal rails and including at least an elongated bottom rail and an elongated top rail, each of said plurality of horizontal rails defining first and second opposing faces, each of said plurality of horizontal rails defining a length independent of each other of said plurality of horizontal rails, said horizontal member defining an adjustable length by orienting said plurality of horizontal rails in an alternating manner between a first orientation and a second orientation, said plurality of horizontal rails being overlapped in an end-to-end manner and secured conventionally; a plurality of first upright supports configured to engage said first face of said elongated bottom rail and said first face of said elongated top rail, each of said plurality of first upright supports being independently spaced with respect to each other of said plurality of first upright supports, each of said plurality of first upright supports defining a securement web configured to engage said plurality of horizontal members and a strengthening web extending from said securement web; a plurality of second upright supports configured to engage said second face of said elongated bottom rail and said second face of said elongated top rail, each of said plurality of second upright supports being independently spaced with respect to each other of said plurality of second upright supports and with respect to said plurality of first upright supports, each of said plurality of first upright supports defining a securement web configured to engage said plurality of horizontal members and a strengthening web extending from said securement web; and said free-standing wall structure system being adapted to receive at least one substantially planar panel member interposed between said stregthening web of adjacent ones of either of said plurality of first upright supports and said plurality of second upright supports, each of said at least one panel member defines a width independent of said length of each of said plurality of horizontal rails.