Wall paneling

Claim 2

Wall paneling comprising a central panel and a pair of side panels, each of said panels being of sturdy, integral construction and being fabricated from molded material, each of said side panels being of angle configuration in cross-section having a main section and an extended section in mutually, substantially planar perpendicular relationship, said side panels being so mutually related that the respective extended sections are substantially coplanar, the extended sections of said side panels each being free in its side edge remote from the associated main section, said central panel disposed overlyingly of the extended sections of said side panels in their mutually adjacent portions, obscuring the free side edges thereof, the plane of said central panel being substantially parallel to the plane of said side panel extended sections and the plane of said central section being substantially perpendicular to said side panel main sections, and adhesive means securing the said central panel and its free side edge portions to the overlain portions of said side panel extended sections.

Claim 3

Wall paneling as defined in claim 1 and further characTerized by the extended sections of said side panels being spaced-apart, said central panel having a central portion presented between the extended sections of said side panels, said central panel having side marginal portions protruding from the plane of said central portion overlying the free side edges of said extended sections.

Claim 4

Wall paneling as defined in claim 2 and further characterized by said central panel marginal portions returning in their edge extremities toward the proximate extended section of said side panels developing a fluid-proof joint therebetween.

Claim 5

In combination with a wall recess having parallel spaced-apart side walls and an intervening intermediate wall in substantially perpendicular relationship to said side walls, wall paneling comprising a central panel and a pair of side panels, each of said panels being of sturdy construction and being fabricated from molded material, each side panel being of angle shape in cross-section having a main section disposed against a side wall of said recess and an extended section disposed against the proximate portion of said intermediate wall, each extended section being free in its end margin remote from the respective main section, said central panel having an inner face and an outer face and having a transverse extent sufficient to overlie the portions of said extended sections of said side panels adjacent the free ends of the latter, the plane of said central panel being substantially parallel to said side panel extended sections and being substantially perpendicular to said side panel main sections, first securing means fixing said side panels flatwise upon the proximate portions of said recess walls, and second securing means fixing portions of said central panel substantially flatwise on its inner face upon underlying portions of said side wall extended sections.

Claim 6

In combination with a wall recess having parallel spaced-apart side walls and an intervening intermediate wall in substantially perpendicular relationship to said side walls, wall paneling comprising a central panel and a pair of side panels, each of said panels being of sturdy construction and being fabricated from molded material, each side panel being of angle shape in cross-section having a main section disposed against a side wall of said recess and an extended section disposed against the proximate portion of said intermediate wall, each extended section being free in its end margin remote from the respective main section, said central panel having an inner face and an outer face and having a transverse extent sufficient to overlie the portions of said extended sections of said side panels adjacent the free ends of the latter, the plane of said central panel being substantially parallel to said side panel extended sections and being substantially perpendicular to said side panel main sections, first securing means fixing said side panels flatwise upon the proximate portions of said recess walls, and second securing means fixing portions of said central panel substantially flatwise on its inner face upon underlying portions of said side wall extended sections.

Claim 7

In combination with a wall recess having parallel, spaced-apart side walls, and an intermediate wall in substantially planar perpendicular relationship to said side walls, wall paneling comprising a central panel and a pair of side panels, each of said panels being of sturdy construction and being unitarily fabricated from molded material, each side panel being of angle shape in cross-section having a main section and an extended section, said main sections being areawise commensurate with said recess side walls and being disposed thereon, each of said extended sections having a vertical height commensurate with that of said intermediate wall and a transverse extent equal to one-half or less of the width of said intermediate wall, each extended section having a free end edge remote from its main section for edgewise mutual confronting disposition, said central panel having an inner face and an outer face having a height commensurate with that of said recess intermediate wall and a transverse extent no greater than the width thereof, the plane of said central panel being substantially parallel to the planes of said side panel extended sections and substantially perpendicular to the planes of said side panel main sections, said central panel mounted on its inner face overlyingly of the mutually proximate portions of said side panel extended sections obscuringly of the free end margins thereof, and means for securing portions of said central panel substantially flatwise upon said side panel extended portions.

Claim 8

In combination with a wall recess having parallel, spaced-apart side walls, and an intermediate wall in substantially planar perpendicular relationship to said side walls, wall paneling comprising a central panel and a pair of side panels, each of said panels being of sturdy construction and being unitarily fabricated from molded material, each side panel being of angle shape in cross-section having a main section and an extended section, said main sections being areawise commensurate with said recess side walls and being disposed thereon, each of said extended sections having a vertical height commensurate with that of said intermediate wall and a transverse extent equal to one-half or less of the width of said intermediate wall, each extended section having a free end edge remote from its main section for edgewise mutual confronting disposition, said central panel having an inner face and an outer face having a height commensurate with that of said recess intermediate wall and a transverse extent no greater than the width thereof, the plane of said central panel being substantially parallel to the planes of said side panel extended sections and substantially perpendicular to the planes of said side panel main sections, said central panel mounted on its inner face overlyingly of the mutually proximate portions of said side panel extended sections obscuringly of the free end margins thereof, and means for securing portions of said central panel substantially flatwise upon said side panel extended portions.

Claim 9

Wall paneling as defined in claim 4 and further characterized by said first securing means being pressure sensitive material provided upon the wall-directed faces of said side panel extended and main sections.

Claim 10

Wall paneling as defined in claim 6 and further characterized by said pressure sensitive material being of band-like configuration, extending vertically upon said side panel sections, and being located adjacent the mutually remote edges thereof.

Claim 11

Wall paneling as defined in claim 7 and further characterized by said second securing means being pressure sensitive material provided on the inner face of said centrAl panel.

Claim 12

Wall paneling as defined in claim 8 and further characterized by said central panel having lateral, forwardly protruding portions for overlying the adjacent portions of the extended sections of the related side panels, said pressure sensitive material on said central panel being disposed upon the inwardly directed face of said lateral forwardly projecting portions.