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A space-dividing upright wall system wherein wall panels are supported on and connected through upright panel connecting members, the latter having a foot for engagement with a floor. The panel connecting member is preferably of Z-shaped cross section including parallel side legs joined by a diagona

A space-dividing upright wall system wherein wall panels are supported on and connected through upright panel connecting members, the latter having a foot for engagement with a floor. The panel connecting member is preferably of Z-shaped cross section including parallel side legs joined by a diagonally-extending cross wall. Each side leg has an upright row of slots which accommodate hangers associated with components which mount on the wall system. The slots in the two sidewalls are isolated from one another by the cross wall. Each side leg has vertically-extending rows of hooks projecting outwardly from opposite side edges thereof, which hooks cooperate with a pair of generally aligned panels for rigidly joining the panels together. When two adjacent panel assemblies are disposed in generally perpendicular relationship to one another, then the adjacent end edges are each provided with a connecting member secured thereto, and the adjacent pair of connecting members in turn are directly joined together through an intermediate corner connector which engages a row of hooks on the connecting member which is not engaged with the panel assembly.

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In an interior upright space-dividing wall system formed from a plurality of portable upright wall panels which are joined horizontally in series, said wall panels having enlarged and generally parallel outer side surfaces which are disposed within generally parallel vertical planes which are horizo

In an interior upright space-dividing wall system formed from a plurality of portable upright wall panels which are joined horizontally in series, said wall panels having enlarged and generally parallel outer side surfaces which are disposed within generally parallel vertical planes which are horizontally spaced a small distance apart, said wall panel comprising: a rigid, rectangular, ringlike frame extending generally along peripheral edges of the wall panel and including generally parallel and horizontally elongated top and bottom frame rails which are rigidly joined together adjacent ends thereof by generally parallel and vertically elongated side frame rails; each said frame rail including a pair of horizontally-spaced side legs which define thereon generally parallel and vertically-oriented outer side walls which extend substantially throughout the elongate direction of the respective frame rail, each said outer side wall being generally parallel with but spaced inwardly a predetermined distance from a respectively adjacent panel side surface; each said side leg including a boundary flange which is cantilevered outwardly in approximately perpendicular relationship to the respectively adjacent outer side wall, said boundary flange being disposed along an outer peripheral edge of the respective frame rail and terminating in a free edge located approximately at the respective panel side surface, the boundary flanges of said frame rail being substantially coplanar and elongated along opposite sides of the respective frame rail, the boundary flanges of said frame rails cooperating to define generally rectangular ringlike rims which define shallow recesses which are disposed on opposite sides of the frame and open generally outwardly in opposite sideward directions with said rims defining the perimeter of the panel; a generally rectangular, platelike sheet means fixedly secured to each side of said frame for providing a sound absorbing capability and a tackable surface, said sheet means consisting of a one-piece preformed fiberboard sheet having perforations therein for providing sound absorption and also permitting pins to be inserted therein so that the sheet functions as a tackboard, said fiberboard sheet substantially totally occupying said recess with peripheral edges of said sheet being closely bounded by said rim, said sheet having a thickness which substantially corresponds to the depth of said recess and a rear surface which is adhesively secured to the outer side walls of said frame; a thin sheet of fiberglass positioned directly over and substantially coextensively covering an outer side surface of said fiberboard sheet; and a thin sheet of flexible fabric positioned exteriorly of and extending coextensively over said fiberglass sheet and defining the outer side surface of the panel, said fabric sheet having edge portions which bend around the free edge of the boundary flanges defining said rim and are stationarily secured to said frame within retaining grooves which are located behind said boundary flanges and open peripherally around said frame.