Wall of building blocks with spaced, parallel wooden panels and steel connector plates

Claim 1

A SELF-SUPPORTING, DECORATIVE, FINISHED WALL CONSTRUCTION, COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF PERFORMED, HOLLOW, UNFILLED, BLOCKS, EACH HAVING TONGUE AND GROOVE CONNECTORS ON THE TOP, THE BOTTOM, AND ON BOTH ENDS; SAID BLOCKS BEING INTERFITTED IN LONGITUDINALLY OFFSET RELATIONSHIP; EACH OF SAID BLOCKS CONSISTING SOLELY OF A PAIR OF SPACED, PARALLEL, COEXTENSIVE WOOD PANELS HAVING FINISHED OUTER SURFACES, THE OUTER SURFACE, OF ONE GROUP OF PANELS FORMING ONE FINISHED WALL SURFACE, AND THE OUTER SURFACES OF THE SECOND GROUP OF OPPOSITE PANELS FORMING A SECOND FINISHED WALL SURFACE; AND A PAIR OF RIGID COLD ROLLED STEEL CONNECTOR PLATES EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PANELS; EACH OF SAID PLATES HAVING A THICKNESS OF AT LEAST 0.028 INCH AND NOT GREATER THAN ABOUT 0.040 INCH; SAID PANELS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF PREFORMED GROOVES IN THE INNER FACES THEREOF PERPENDICULAR TO SAID INNER FACES; EACH OF SAID PLATES INCLUDING A MAIN BODY PORTION AND A PAIR OF END FLANGES PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE MAIN BODY PORTION; THE ENDS OF SAID MAIN BODY PORTION OF EACH PLATE BEING INTERFITTED IN SAID GROOVES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID PANELS, AND SAID FLANGES BEING FORCEFULLY EMBEDDED IN THE GRAIN OF SAID WOOD PANELS; AND SAID FINISHED WALL HAVING AIR SPACES WITHIN SAID HOLLOW BLOCKS INSULATING THE DECORATIVE OUTER SURFACE OF ONE PANEL FROM THE DECORATIVE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SECOND PANEL.