Wall system having biasing members retaining panels to posts that are secured by anchoring structure
View Patent ↗A wall system suitable for use in applications such as a fence or a wall of a building which comprises posts and panels which are interconnected or interengaged so that the wall may comprise a series of inline panels or corners formed by two panels and a single post, the interconnection or interengagement of the panels being effected without use of mechanical fasteners, glue, welding, or similar modes of attachment.
1. A wall system comprising:
at least two posts, each post having at least one subassembly comprising at least two elongated substantially flat structural plates intersecting along the longitudinal edges at an angle of substantially 90 degrees, said posts secured in vertical spaced apart positions by anchoring structure for maintaining each of said posts in a vertical position;
each subassembly having at least one elongated substantially flat biasing member attached at a proximal longitudinal edge to the first of said substantially flat structural plates along a vertical line laterally spaced from the intersection of said plates, the distal edge of said biasing member spaced from said second elongated substantially flat structural plate a pre-determined distance; and
a generally rectangular wall panel oriented in a substantially vertical plane and having two opposite vertical end portions, each of said vertical end portions inserted between said biasing member and said second elongated substantially flat structural plate of each of said posts and clampingly retained therein.
2. The wall system of claim 1 wherein said anchoring structure comprises a concrete foundation set in the ground, the lower end of said post encased in said concrete.