Patent ID: 7197853

Claim:
A demountable and reusable wall assembly for partitioning a room space between an overhead and a floor comprising: (a) a plurality of panels having edges at the extremities, (b) a plurality of studs for supporting the panels, (c) a plurality of long-term removeable fasteners, (d) a tape, and (e) a tab associated with the tape, the panels are affixed to the studs at the panel edges to form a seam, the long-term, removable fasteners secure the adjacent panels to the studs, the seam and long-term removable fasteners are covered with the tape and covered with a mud compound, the tape is sufficiently strong to be removed, when the wall assembly is demounted the tape and the mud compound is disengaged from the panels thereby exposing the long-term removable fasteners such that the long-term removable fasteners are easily removed and the panels and studs disassembled, the heads of the long-term removable fasteners are kept clean for easy engagement and removal and the tape is sufficiently unporous to prevent the mud compound from penetrating through the tape to fill the heads of the long-term fasteners.