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US 12,281,472 · App. 17/862,332 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Quick assemble wall system, and related methods

Inventors: David Patton (Flower Mound, TX); Michael Creighton (Warrington, PA); Ersen Boran (Chalfont, PA); Shuichi Amano (Bethlehem, PA); Gary Reuther (Warminster, PA); Nicholas Max (Quakertown, PA); Olin Linke, III (Allen, TX); William Benoist (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee: VARIDESK, LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,281,472
App. No.
17/862,332
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wall panel includes a first upright post, a second upright post, an upper stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post, a lower stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post, and a frame having an extrusion profile, wherein the extrusion profile is configured to couple the frame to the wall panel frame. A wall panel assembly includes a plurality of the wall panels.

Claims (37)

1. A wall panel comprising:

a wall panel frame having:

a first upright post;

a second upright post;

an upper stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post; and

a lower stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post;

a frame having an extrusion profile, wherein the extrusion profile is configured to couple the frame to the wall panel frame; and

a clip that is configured to engage the extrusion profile to couple the first upright post to the frame wherein the upper stretcher or the lower stretcher includes a hole pattern, the hole pattern configured to align with a hole pattern on the first upright post, the second upright post, or both the first upright post and the second upright post; and wherein the hole pattern on the upper stretcher the lower stretcher includes one or more slots configured to engage more or more fasteners installed in the hole pattern on the first upright post, the second upright post, or both the first upright post and the second upright post.

2. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the first upright post and the second upright post includes one or more hole patterns.

3. The wall panel of claim 2 , wherein the one or more hole patterns each includes a plurality of openings and a cutout.

4. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein the upper stretcher and the lower stretcher are identical.

5. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein the extrusion profile includes a hook portion configured to engage a hook portion on the clip to secure the frame to the first upright post.

6. The wall panel of claim 5 , further comprising a second clip configured to couple the first upright post to the frame.

7. The wall panel of claim 6 , wherein the hook portion of the extrusion profile is configured to engage a hook portion on the second clip to secure the frame to the first upright post.

8. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein the clip is a spring clip configured to move between a first, original state and a second, depressed state, wherein the extrusion profile causes the spring clip to move from the first, original state to the second, depressed state, and back again to the first, original state.

9. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein the clip is countered and includes a latch portion configured to couple to the first upright post and one or more hook portions configured to engage with the extrusion profile.

10. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein the extrusion profile includes a first lateral extrusion and a second lateral extrusion, and wherein the first lateral extrusion is configured to couple the frame to the first upright post and the second lateral extrusion is configured to couple the frame to the second upright post.

11. The wall panel of claim 10 , wherein the first lateral extrusion and the second lateral extrusion are coupled to the same surface of the frame.

12. The wall panel of claim 10 , wherein the first lateral extrusion is configured to couple to a plurality of clips on the first upright post and the second lateral extrusion is configured to couple to a plurality of clips on the second upright post.

13. The wall panel of claim 1 , further comprising a second extrusion profile coupled to the lower stretcher, the second extrusion profile configured to couple an auxiliary unit to the lower stretcher.

14. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein the frame is a plurality of frames, and wherein adjacent frames of the plurality of frames are separated by an additional stretcher.

15. The wall panel of claim 1 , wherein the upper stretcher and the lower stretcher each has a first end plate and a second end plate, wherein the first end plate has a first end plate hole pattern configured to align with a first upright post hole pattern on the first upright post, and wherein the second end plate comprises a second end plate hole pattern configured to align with a second upright post hole pattern on the second upright post.

16. The wall panel of claim 15 , wherein the first end plate hole pattern and the second end plate hole pattern each comprises at least one slot configured to slide over a fastener previously secured in the first upright post hole pattern and the second upright hole pattern respectively.

17. The wall panel of claim 15 , wherein the first end plate hole pattern and the second end plate hole pattern each comprises at least one discrete hole, and wherein a fastener is installed in the discrete hole after the first end plate hole pattern is aligned with the first upright post hole pattern and the second end plate hole pattern is aligned with the second upright post hole pattern.

18. A wall panel assembly comprising:

a plurality of wall panels, each wall panel having:

a first upright post;

a second upright post;

an upper stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post;

a lower stretcher connecting the first upright post to the second upright post;

a frame having an extrusion profile, wherein the extrusion profile is configured to couple the frame to first upright post and the second upright post;

a clip that is configured to engage the extrusion profile to couple the first upright post to the frame; and

one or more brackets configured to join the first upright post of adjacent wall panels of the plurality of wall panels wherein the upper stretcher or the lower stretcher includes a hole pattern, the hole pattern configured to align with a hole pattern on the first upright post, the second upright post, or both the first upright post and the second upright post; and wherein the hole pattern on the upper stretcher the lower stretcher includes one or more slots configured to engage more or more fasteners installed in the hole pattern on the first upright post, the second upright post, or both the first upright post and the second upright post.

19. The wall panel assembly of claim 18 , wherein each of the one or more brackets includes a hole pattern configured to align with a hole pattern on the first upright post, the second upright post, or both the first upright post and the second upright post.

20. The wall panel assembly of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of wall panels are configured to be connected to adjacent wall panels in a linear configuration sharing one of the first upright post and the second upright post between the adjacent wall panels.

21. The wall panel assembly of claim 18 , wherein the plurality of wall panels are configured to be connected to adjacent wall panels at 90-degree angles by the one or more brackets.

22. The wall panel assembly of claim 18 , wherein the frame is a plurality of frames, and wherein adjacent frames of the plurality of frames are separated by an additional stretcher.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2025
From: PATTON, DAVID; CREIGHTON, MICHAEL; BORAN, ERSEN; AMANO, SHUICHI; REUTHER, GARY; MAX, NICHOLAS; LINKE, OLIN, III; BENOIST, WILLIAM
To: VARIDESK, LLC
Reel/Frame 072733/0365 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 16891799 · Jun 3, 2020
Continuation 15979909 · May 15, 2018
Provisional Application 62506346 · May 15, 2017
Related Publication 20220341162A1 · Oct 27, 2022
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