Patent ID: 8316598

Claim:
A translucent wall panel construction system comprising a support frame element, a wall panel being spaced from said support frame element to define a gap therebetween, said wall panel being a single body of translucent material, said wall panel having an outer weather wall; an inner liner wall; a longitudinally extending first side portion; a longitudinally extending second side portion opposite to the first side portion; and a multi wall support extending between the outer weather wall and the inner liner wall, the first side portion having a first side recess portion having an end face defining a first side inner edge; a first side outer projecting portion which defines a first side outer edge; and a first side inner projecting portion which defines a first side intermediate edge located between the first side inner edge and the first side outer edge, the second side portion having a second side projecting portion which defines a second side outer edge; a second side outer recess portion having an end face which defines a second side inner edge; and a second side inner recess portion which defines a second side intermediate edge located between the second side outer edge and the second side inner edge, the second side portion having an integral pre-formed fixing hole having parallel sidewalls, the fixing hole extending between the second side inner edge and the second side intermediate edge, the fixing hole extending through the panel from the outer weather wall to the inner liner wall; the first side recess portion being of generally complementary size and geometric shape to the second side projecting portion; the first side inner projecting portion being of generally complementary size and geometric shape to the second side inner recess portion; and the first side outer projecting portion being of generally complementary size and geometric shape to the second side outer recess portion so that the first side outer projecting portion covers the fixing hole in a second side of another like panel at a joint therebetween, a spacer engaging the wall panel between the outer weather wall and the inner liner wall and the spacer also bridging the gap between and contacting an innermost portion of the inner liner wall of the wall panel and the support frame element and thereby spacing the innermost portion of the inner liner wall of the wall panel away from the support frame element and a fixing element extending through the fixing hole, the fixing element extending through the spacer and engaging the support frame element.