Patent ID: 7987648

Claim:
A wall panel system comprising: a top rail fixedly attached to a wall and having a downwardly extending front lip; a bottom rail fixedly attached to a wall and having an upwardly extending front lip; an upper intermediate rail fixedly attached to said wall and positioned between said top rail and said bottom rail and having an upwardly extending front lip; a lower intermediate rail fixedly attached to said wall and positioned between said top rail and said bottom rail and having a downwardly extending front lip; an upper decorative horizontal strip removably held by said top rail and said upper intermediate rail and having a top groove along a top side thereof and a bottom groove along a bottom side thereof; a lower decorative horizontal strip removably held by said bottom rail and said lower intermediate rail and having a top groove along a top side thereof and a bottom groove along a bottom side thereof; a plurality of vertical decorative strips removably held by said upper decorative horizontal strip and said lower decorative horizontal strip and having a top tongue at a top side thereof and a bottom tongue at a bottom side thereof, wherein said top tongue is positioned within said bottom groove of said upper decorative horizontal strip simultaneously with said upwardly extending front lip of said upper intermediate rail, and wherein said bottom tongue is positioned within said top groove of said lower decorative horizontal strip simultaneously with said downwardly extending front lip of said lower intermediate rail; and a plurality of decorative panels removably held by said upper decorative horizontal strip and said lower decorative horizontal strip and having a front surface and a rear surface, an upper bracket positioned near a top edge of said rear surface, and a lower bracket positioned near a bottom edge of said rear surface, wherein said upper bracket is positioned within said bottom groove of said upper decorative horizontal strip simultaneously with said upwardly extending front lip of said upper intermediate rail, and wherein said lower bracket is positioned within said top groove of said lower decorative horizontal strip simultaneously with said downwardly extending front lip of said lower intermediate rail.