Patent ID: 8307608

Claim:
A modular wall panel comprising: a wall face; a top cap formed from a top edge of the wall face and bent to extend at a right angle from the wall face; a bottom pan formed from a bottom edge of the wall face and bent to extend at a right angle in the same direction as the top cap from the wall face; and two side framing studs at the opposite sides of the wall face each formed from a side edge of the wall face and bent to extend at a right angle in the same direction as the top cap and the bottom pan from the wall face, the side framing studs extending vertically from the bottom pan to the top cap, each side framing stud at a right angle away from the wall face to a side depth distance to form a panel side wall having matching bolt holes to allow similar wall panels to be joined to the wall panel on either side, the side framing stud then being bent to extend parallel to the wall face from the side depth toward the opposite side wall of the panel to form a surface parallel to and oriented away from the wall face for attaching a finishing strip; and a non-metallic finishing strip attached to each side framing stud and extending from the bottom pan to the top cap; wherein one of the top cap and the bottom pan extends at a right angle from the wall face in the same direction as the side framing studs to a distance from the wall face that is longer than the side depth distance by a length substantially the depth of the finishing strips, the one of the top cap and the bottom pan then extending parallel to the wall face to form a flange over the finishing strips.