Patent ID: 8756893

Claim:
A method of partitioning an interior space with a plurality of modular walls, wherein the modular walls can be assembled and disassembled from each other in an efficient manner so that the interior space can be efficiently configured and reconfigured, the method comprising: arranging first and second modular walls together at a common point defined by an edge spanning from an upper end to a lower end of each modular wall, wherein each edge comprises a connection interface having a set of first and second opposing connector rails; securing the first and second modular walls in a horizontal direction by inserting the first connector rails of the first and second modular walls into a first cavity of a position retention mechanism, and inserting the opposed second connector rails of the first and second modular walls into an opposed second cavity of the position retention mechanism, such that the connection interface for both of the first and second modular walls are opposed and held within the same channel; sliding the position retaining mechanism along the edges of the at first and second modular walls such that the opposing connector interfaces slide within first and second cavities; and deploying a spring tab within at least one of the first and second cavities into a notch formed in the connector interfaces of the first and second modular walls.