Patent ID: 7306107

Claim:
A panel for a slat wall constructed and arranged to be interconnected in a plurality thereof and to be secured to a wall, each panel comprising: (i) a panel body having a wall contacting inner surface, an outer surface, an upper edge and a lower edge, the edges being substantially horizontal in an installed position of the panel; (ii) a vertical link portion connected to, and substantially horizontally coextensive with, a rear portion of the upper edge, and having a wall contacting inner surface substantially coplanar with the wall contacting inner surface of the body; (iii) a fastener receiving member connected to and substantially horizontally coextensive with the vertical link portion, and having an upwardly extending tongue and a downwardly extending leg, each of the tongue and the leg having an outer surface, the outer surfaces being substantially vertically coplanar and together defining a substantially horizontal first groove therebetween; (iv) the lower edge having a downwardly extending rear protrusion and a cover extending substantially coplanar with the outer surface of the panel body and having a free end having an inward projection, the cover and the rear protrusion together defining a second groove wherein in the installed position of a plurality of panels (a) the second grooves receive the tongues of adjacent panels; (b) the panels are securable to the wall by a plurality of fastening means through the first grooves; (c) the covers extend over the first grooves of adjacent panels; and (d) the inward projections of the covers engage with the outer surfaces of the legs of adjacent panels.