US 11,773,600 B2
Wall paneling system
Thomas Micciantuono, Wesley Chapel, NC (US)
Assigned to Bath Systems, LLC, Huntington, NY (US)
Filed by Bath Systems, LLC, Huntington, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/384,389.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021420 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. E04F 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0842 (2013.01) [E04F 13/0866 (2013.01); E04F 13/0873 (2013.01); E04F 13/0898 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wall paneling system comprising:
(a) a first panel connector clip (PCC) having a front extension portion, a back extension portion and a tongue portion, said PCC adapted to run along a vertical or horizontal axis of a wall and mechanically fastenable to the wall;
(b) a first wall panel comprising an inner core with a decorative surface attached to one side, wherein a first and second vertical edge or a first and second horizontal edge of the first wall panel has a profile with a first portion capable of being disposed between the front extension portion and the tongue portion of the first PCC, said first portion of the wall panel also having a first and second recess, said first recess configured to mate with a corresponding protrusion on an additional wall panel or trim, and said second recess configured to receive a lip of the additional wall panel or trim;
(c) a second PCC having the same structural features as the first PCC;
wherein the tongue portion of the first and the second PCCs keeps the first wall panel locked to the wall at a distance of from about 1/16 to about ⅛ of an inch from the wall and wherein the profile of the first vertical or first horizontal edge of the first wall panel allow the first wall panel to be joined to the first PCC and the profile of the second vertical or second horizontal edge of the first wall panel allow the first wall panel to be joined to the second PCC by pushing or sliding the first PCC and the second PCC in a direction coplanar to the first wall panel.