IP Library Granted Patent US 11,725,382
Granted Patent B2
US 11,725,382 · App. 17/332,093 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Modular wall system

Inventors: Eberhard Von Hoyningen Huene (Hudson, CA); Michael Salzman (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA); Anneke Struis (Coteau-du-Lac, CA)
Assignee: Allsteel Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,725,382
App. No.
17/332,093
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wall panel of a moveable and demountable frameless wall panel system that is secured between a floor of a room and a ceiling rail secured to a ceiling of the room. The wall panel includes a frameless panel, an upper clamp assembly, a ceiling track configured to be removably inserted into the ceiling rail, a lower clamp assembly, a first height adjustment mechanism secured to the lower clamp assembly, a second height adjustment mechanism, and a bottom floor channel receiving the first height and second height adjustment mechanisms.

Claims (17)

1. A wall panel system comprising:

a first frameless glass panel configured to be secured between a floor and a ceiling of a room and having a first side and a second side, the first and second sides of the first frameless glass panel each being free of any vertical frame member, the first side of the first frameless glass panel defining a first edge having a first edge profile, wherein the first edge defines a front corner and a back corner, and wherein each of front and back corners of the first edge are chamfered;

a second frameless glass panel configured to be secured between the floor and the ceiling of the room and having a first side and a second side, the first and second sides of the second frameless glass panel each being free of any vertical frame member, the second side of the second frameless glass panel defining a second edge having a second edge profile, wherein the second edge defines a front corner and a back corner, wherein each of front and back corners of the second edge are chamfered, and wherein the second frameless glass panel is positioned with respect to the first frameless glass panel when the first and second frameless glass panels are secured between the floor and ceiling of the room; and

a gasket received between the first and second edges, the gasket having a first longitudinal edge defining a complementary profile to the first edge profile and a second longitudinal edge defining a complementary profile to the second edge profile, and wherein the gasket extends over only a portion of the chamfered front and back corners of the first edge of the first frameless glass panel, and over only a portion of the chamfered front and back corners of the second edge of the second frameless glass panel.

2. The wall panel system of claim 1 , wherein the gasket has a front, a back, and a middle, further wherein the front of the gasket and the back of the gasket each have a greater width than the middle of the gasket.

3. The wall panel system of claim 1 , wherein the gasket has a front, a back, and a middle, further wherein each of the first and second side edges is received against the middle of the gasket between the front and back of the gasket.

4. The wall panel system of claim 1 , further including a first height adjustment assembly comprising a support edge for operatively supporting a bottom of the first frameless glass panel, the first height adjustment assembly configured to selectively raise or lower the first frameless glass panel.

5. The wall panel system of claim 4 , further including a continuous base cover configured to span the first frameless glass panel and the second frameless glass panel and conceal the first height adjustment assembly.

6. The wall panel system of claim 1 , further including a ceiling track configured to span the first frameless glass panel and the second frameless glass panel.

7. The wall panel system of claim 1 , further including a sliding door assembly being removably mountable onto a ceiling track adjacent one of the first frameless glass panel or the second frameless glass panel.

8. The wall panel system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a continuous ceiling cover extending across the top side of each of the first and second frameless glass panels;

a continuous base cover extending across the bottom side of each of the first and second frameless glass panels; and

two or more height adjusters arranged within the continuous base cover and including a clamp to engage the bottom side of each of the first and second frameless glass panels and configured to compensate for floor or ceiling deviations to create a uniform wall panel assembly.

9. The wall panel system of claim 8 , wherein each of the first and second frameless glass panels include a thickness of between about ¼″ and about ⅜″.

10. The wall panel system of claim 8 , wherein the width of the gasket is less than the widths of each of the first and second frameless glass panels.

11. The wall panel system of claim 8 , wherein the gasket defines a complementary profile between the first and second frameless glass panels.

Assignments (5)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 12, 2025
From: KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.; ALLSTEEL LLC; HEARTH & HOME TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; HNI CORPORATION
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 073934/0826 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 12, 2025
From: KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.; ALLSTEEL LLC; HEARTH & HOME TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; HNI CORPORATION
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 073937/0013 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 7, 2025
From: ALLSTEEL INC.
To: ALLSTEEL LLC
Reel/Frame 072499/0604 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2023
From: HUENE, EBERHARD VON HOYNINGEN; SALZMAN, MICHAEL; STRUIS, ANNEKE
To: EBERHARD VON HUENE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Reel/Frame 063999/0527 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2023
From: EBERHARD VON HUENE & ASSOCIATES, INC.; HUENE, EBERHARD VON HOYNINGEN
To: ALLSTEEL INC.
Reel/Frame 063999/0613 →
Continuity (9)
Continuation 17181008 · Feb 22, 2021
Continuation 16429746 · Jun 3, 2019
Continuation 15706981 · Sep 18, 2017
Continuation 14932479 · Nov 4, 2015
Continuation 14097461 · Dec 5, 2013
Division 13594657 · Aug 24, 2012
Continuation In Part PCTCA2011000541 · May 5, 2011
Provisional Application 61331588 · May 5, 2010
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