Modular panel construction

Claim 1

A modular panel construction comprising: a plurality of rectangular modular panel sections each having upper, side, and lower marginal edges, each of said panel sections provided with at least two individual, substantially identically shaped rectangular panels securely and rigidly attached thereto and having parallel adjacent marginal edges spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance defining a significant gap therebetween; said plurality of panel sections including a first panel section having a side marginal edge connected to a side marginal edge of an adjacent second panel section, means for releasably interconnecting the adjacent side marginal edges of said first and second sections, said interconnecting means including means for maintaining the side marginal edge of the rectangular panels of said first panel section spaced from the side marginal edge of the adjacent rectangular panels of said adjacent second panel section by said predetermined distance; and said plurality of panel sections further including a third panel section having a lower marginal edge coupled to an upper marginal edge of said first panel section, means for releasably coupling the lower marginal edge of said third panel section with the upper marginal edge of said first panel section, said coupling means including means for maintaining the lower marginal edge of a rectangular panel of said third section spaced from the upper marginal edge of an adjacent rectangular panel of said lower first section by said predetermined distance, said plurality of sections cooperating to form a grid-like wall member defined by a plurality of spaced apart individual rectangular panels.