KIT AND ASSEMBLY FOR COMPENSATING FOR COEFFICIENTS OF THERMAL EXPANSION OF DECORATIVE MOUNTED PANELS

摘要

An improved panel system and installation process for maintaining panel contact on all four edges of its perimeter, while simultaneously maintaining full planar bearing suspension of the panel weight. A plurality of moldings are provided in varying combinations, and in particular for engaging each of the installed panels upon its outside edge corners, as opposed to by the panel ends, in order to provide engagement through a compressive force which does not pull the panel apart, rather acts to keep the panel together while under stress.

主权项

1. A wall panel attachment system for use with a vertically supported sub wall, said system comprising:
a plurality of elongated profiles adapted to being secured to the sub wall, with at least some of said profiles having a pair of laterally extending wing portions; first and second panels, each having a thickness separating front and back surfaces and surrounded by four interconnecting sides; a first plurality of individual bunches of reclosable fasteners secured to said laterally extending wing portions; a second plurality of individual bunches of reclosable fasteners secured to locations along said back surface of each of said panels and aligning with said first plurality of bunches upon arraying said panels in proximate and opposing fashion to a spaced apart pair of said profiles; an elongated supporting component positioned over a central extending location of each of said elongated profiles during installation and spacing of said panels, said elongated component having a polygonal cross sectional profile; and displacement of said panels in at least a lateral direction maintaining secure engagement of said pairs of first and second bunches of reclosable fasteners owing to a floating arrangement of said panels in relation to supporting component and panel edges.