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A wall panel system in which individual panels are arranged in vertically adjacent horizontally extending courses. Runners are mounted on the supporting subwall and provide means for establishing alignment between panels and horizontally extending courses. In the first embodiment, an interlocking jo

A wall panel system in which individual panels are arranged in vertically adjacent horizontally extending courses. Runners are mounted on the supporting subwall and provide means for establishing alignment between panels and horizontally extending courses. In the first embodiment, an interlocking joint is provided in which clips are used to provide interlocking and provide uniform spacing between adjacent panels. Another embodiment provides battens along the joint between the adjacent horizontally extending courses. Still another embodiment provides battens extending along all the joints between adjacent panels. Various types of trim strips are also disclosed for providing a finished edge in corner appearance.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A wall panel system comprising a vertically extending support wall, first rails and second rails, one of said first and second rails comprising a plurality of horizontally extending vertically spaced positioning rails mounted on said support wall, said horizontally extending positio

[ I claim:] [1.] A wall panel system comprising a vertically extending support wall, first rails and second rails, one of said first and second rails comprising a plurality of horizontally extending vertically spaced positioning rails mounted on said support wall, said horizontally extending positioning rails providing horizontally extending alignment means, a plurality of individual panels engaging said alignment means of associated horizontally extending positioning rails and being positioned thereby in horizontally aligned courses of panels, adhesive bonding said panels to said support wall, the vertical spacing between said horizontally extending positioning rails operating to vertically position each course with respect to the next adjacent course to form a uniform pattern of panels providing a finished panel wall surface, the other of said first and second rails comprising a plurality of vertically extending positioning rails located along vertical joints between adjacent panels in said courses, said vertically extending positioning rails having vertically extending alignment means engaging adjacent edges of panels along said vertical joints, said positioning rails having base portions extending between spaced base portion ends and said alignment means projecting from said base portions, said base portions being disposed against said support wall with said alignment means engaging associated ones of said panels, at least one of said positioning rails having said alignment means extending beyond said base portion end of said base portion of said at least one of said positioning rails for overlying engagement with the base portion of the other of said positioning rails.