Wall assembly

Claim 2

Apparatus for mounting wall segments of strip or panel form to create a readily assembled and disassembled wall structure without the need for special fasteners, comprising support means, said support means including elements which project outwardly from said support means, said elements forming anchor means disposed in spaced-apart relation and at least in part arranged in pairs disposed in opposed relation to detachably contain wall segments, by engagement therewith at the remote edges of said segments, at least some of said projecting elements including dual anchor means having oppositely directed anchor portions for simultaneously anchoring adjacent edges of successively adjacent wall segments to create the impression of an essentially continuous wall structure.

Claim 3

Apparatus for mounting wall segments of strip or panel form to create a readily assembled and disassembled wall structure without the need for special fasteners, comprising support means, said support means including anchor means disposing in spaced relation and in part opposed to nest and detachably contain wall segments by engagement therewith at their remote edges, at least part of said anchor means having a duofunctional character providing that said part may releasably mount and support adjoining edges of adjacent segments characterized in that said anchor means of said part include a primary tongue or tab portion projected angularly in one direction from a surface of said support means and a secondary projection from said tongue projected oppositely, the tongue and said projection providing thereby a structure including offset portions so that an edge of one wall segment may fit under said primary tongue and to the base thereof while the adjoining edge of an adjacent wall segment may fit under said secondary projection, the adjoining edges of said segments being disposed thereby in an overlapped relation.

Claim 4

Apparatus for mounting wall segments of strip or panel form to create a readily assembled and disassembled wall structure without the need for special fasteners, comprising support means, said support means including anchor means disposing in spaced relation and in part opposed to nest and detachably contain wall segments by engagement therewith at their remote edges, at least part of said anchor means having a duofunctional character providing that said part may releasably mount and support adjoining edges of adjacent segments characterized in that said anchor means of said part include a primary tongue or tab portion projected angularly in one direction from a surface of said support means and a secondary projection from said tongue projected oppositely, the tongue and said projection providing thereby a structure including offset portions so that an edge of one wall segment may fit under said primary tongue and to the base thereof while the adjoining edge of an adjacent wall segment may fit under said secondary projection, the adjoining edges of said segments being disposed thereby in an overlapped relation.

Claim 5

Apparatus as set forth in claim 2 characterized by said primary tongue and secondary projection being so formed to produce a spacing between the overlapped edges of adjacent wall segments which anchor thereto.

Claim 6

Apparatus for mounting wall segments of strip or panel form to create a readily assembled and disassembled wall structure without the need for special fasteners, comprising support means, said support means including anchor means disposing in spaced relation and in part opposed to nest and detachably contain wall segments by engagement therewith at their remote edges, at least part of said anchor means having a duofunctional character providing that said part may releasably mount and support adjoining edges of adjacent segments characterized by said support means having a strip form and a longitudinally extended generally flat planar surface including at longitudinally spaced positions thereon tabs, providing said anchor means, said tabs projecting angularly from said planar surface and including, at least in part, oppositely projecting tabs functioning in pairs and so formed to contain therebetween in slip fit relation thereto wall segments, a portion of said tabs having oppositely projecting portions adapting them to dually mount in contained relation thereto adjoining edges of wall segments.

Claim 7

Apparatus for mounting wall segments of strip or panel form to create a readily assembled and disassembled wall structure without the need for special fasteners, comprising support means, said support means including anchor means disposing in spaced relation and in part opposed to nest and detachably contain wall segments by engagement therewith at their remote edges, at least part of said anchor means having a duofunctional character providing that said part may releasably mount and support adjoining edges of adjacent segments characterized by said support means having a strip form and a longitudinally extended generally flat planar surface including at longitudinally spaced positions thereon tabs, providing said anchor means, said tabs projecting angularly from said planar surface and including, at least in part, oppositely projecting tabs functioning in pairs and so formed to contain therebetween in slip fit relation thereto wall segments, a portion of said tabs having oppositely projecting portions adapting them to dually mount in contained relation thereto adjoining edges of wall segments.

Claim 8

Apparatus as in claim 4 characterized by said tabs with oppositely projecting portions having the respective portions thereof rising from base portions which are in planes spaced progressively outward from said planar surface of said support means.

Claim 9

Apparatus as in claim 5 characterized in that said tabs are outstruck from the planar surface of said support means and said dual-mounting tabs include, at least in part, oppositely facing projections comprising a primary tab portion outstruck from the said planar surface and a secondary tab portion outstruck from said primary tab portion.

Claim 10

Apparatus for providing a segmented wall structure or the like comprising support means including thereon longitudinally spaced anchor means, individual of said anchor means being formed to simultaneously mount and support ends of adjacent wall segments in an overlapped relation and spaced anchor means being opposed to receive and contain therebetween a wall segment by engagement with remote edges thereof, said individual anchor means formed to simultaneously mount adjacent edges of wall segments in an overlapped relation consisting of a compound tablike structure having oppositely projecting portions one of which is in connection with the other to individually engage and produce an overlapped spacing between the adjacent edges of the wall segments which respectively mount thereto, said wall segments having the capability of being flexed to facilitate mounting to said tablike structures, the distance between said structures being limited to produce a fastener-free frictional containment of the wall segments.

Claim 11

Apparatus for providing a segmented wall structure or the like comprising support means including thereon longitudinally spaced anchor means, individual of said anchor means being formed to simultaneously mount and support ends of adjacent wall segments in an overlapped relation and spaced anchor means being opposed to receive and contain therebetween a wall segment by engagement with remote edges thereof, said individual anchor means formed to simultaneously mount adjacent edges of wall segments in an overlapped relation consisting of a compound tablike structure having oppositely projecting portions one of which is in connection with the other to individually engage and produce an overlapped spacing between the adjacent edges of the wall segments which respectively mount thereto, said wall segments having the capability of being flexed to facilitate mounting to said tablike structures, the distance between said structures being limited to produce a fastener-free frictional containment of the wall segments.

Claim 12

A wall structure readily assembled and disassembled for use as a skirt for mobile homes and the like, including at least one hanger support device having a substantially flat front face of longitudinal extent, a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart tongues outstruck from said front face, adjacent tongues projecting oppositely of one another, said tongues presenting relatively flat front faces disposing angularly of the front face of said support device, another tongue outstruck from the front face of at least a portion of the first said tongues and projecting oppositely thereof, adjacent ones of said other tongues projecting oppositely of one another, the first said tongues and said other tongues providing seats spaced differentially outward from the front face of said support device, and wall strips disposing transversely of said support device and having their longitudinal edges variously interengaged with said tongues in the seats there provided.

Claim 13

A wall structure readily assembled and disassembled for use as a skirt for mobile homes and the like, including at least one hanger support device having a substantially flat front face of longitudinal extent, a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart tongues outstruck from said front face, adjacent tongues projecting oppositely of one another, said tongues presenting relatively flat front faces disposing angularly of the front face of said support device, another tongue outstruck from the front face of at least a portion of the first said tongues and projecting oppositely thereof, adjacent ones of said other tongues projecting oppositely of one another, the first said tongues and said other tongues providing seats spaced differentially outward from the front face of said support device, and wall strips disposing transversely of said support device and having their longitudinal edges variously interengaged with said tongues in the seats there provided.

Claim 14

A wall structure according to claim 8, wherein a said other tongue is outstruck fRom a first said tongue at a location on the front face thereof to provide in conjunction with the said front face of the said first said tongue a seat spaced from the seat defined by the first said tongue in conjunction with the front face of said support device whereby the adjoining edges of adjacent strips respectively received in said longitudinally spaced seats substantially overlap one another and are spaced outwardly of one another a distance at least equal to the thickness of said other tongue. 10 Apparatus as in claim 1 characterized by said dual anchor means each defining immediately adjacent pockets differentially spaced in a sense outwardly of and with reference to said support means.