Patent ID: 7017311

Claim:
A panel system for modular construction of partitions and walled structures, said panel system having a plurality of panels, each of said panels having a top, a bottom, two major surfaces and two minor side surfaces, a first of said minor side surfaces being provided with an integral first profile and a second of said minor side surfaces being provided with an integral second profile, wherein each of said first profile and said second profile are provided with means for direct complementary engagement with a profile of an adjacently-positioned panel, and wherein said first profile is provided with two substantially identical inter-engagement means arranged at an angle of about 90° to each other enabling direct inter-engagement of said first profile of a first panel with one or two respective second profiles of two adjacent second panels, the arrangement being such that upon inter-engagement between said first panel and one of said second panels an angle of 180° is formed therebetween, and upon inter-engagement between said first panel and a second of said second panels an angle of about 90° is formed therebetween.