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A modular panel system including a plurality of posts where each post includes a front face, a rear face, and opposed lateral faces. A central channel is formed in the front face where the central channel has a linking opening, a first ledge and a second ledge. Cutouts are formed in the ledges. The

A modular panel system including a plurality of posts where each post includes a front face, a rear face, and opposed lateral faces. A central channel is formed in the front face where the central channel has a linking opening, a first ledge and a second ledge. Cutouts are formed in the ledges. The rear face includes a panel receiving channel that receives an edge of a panel. A linking element is configured to be secured in the linking opening. The head of the linking element is sized to fit within the first and the second cutouts and be secured by the first and second ledges to couple the first post to the second post. The lateral faces of the coupled posts together form a first side central channel and a first side central channel cutout that is configured to receive a second linking element to couple a third post to the coupled first and second posts.

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1. A modular panel system, comprising: a first post, a second post, and a third post, each post comprising: a front face defining a central channel, the central channel comprising a floor having a linking opening, a first ledge extending from a first side of the central channel and a second ledge ex

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A modular panel system, comprising: a first post, a second post, and a third post, each post comprising: a front face defining a central channel, the central channel comprising a floor having a linking opening, a first ledge extending from a first side of the central channel and a second ledge extending from a second side of the central channel, a first cutout in the first ledge, and a second cutout in the second ledge disposed aligned with the first cutout in the first ledge;a rear face defining a panel receiving channel;a first lateral face;a second lateral face disposed opposite the first lateral face;a panel having a lateral edge sized to be received by the panel receiving channel of either the first or the second post;a first linking element and a second linking element, the first linking element having a head and being configured to be secured in the linking opening of the first post;wherein the head of the first linking element is sized to fit within the first and second cutouts in the first and second ledges and to be secured by the first and second ledges of the second post to couple the first post to the second post; andwherein the first lateral face of the first post and either the first or the second lateral face of the second post together form a first side central channel and a first side central channel cutout to receive the second linking element to couple the third post to the coupled first and second posts. 2. The modular panel system of claim 1 further comprising a fourth post wherein the second lateral face of the first post and either the first or second lateral face of the second post together form a second side central channel and a second side central channel cutout to couple the fourth post to the coupled first and second posts. 3. The modular panel system of claim 1 wherein the first post is identical to the second post. 4. The modular panel system of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second posts have a length and the panel receiving channel extends substantially the length. 5. The modular panel system of claim 1 wherein the first linking element includes threads configured for threaded engagement with the linking opening. 6. The modular panel system of claim 1 wherein the first lateral face of the first post comprises an outer wall of the first side central channel and at least a portion of the first side central channel cutout is formed in the outer wall. 7. The modular panel system of claim 1 further comprising a fourth post wherein the second lateral face of the first post and either the first or second lateral face of the second post together form a second side central channel and a second side central channel cutout to couple the fourth post the coupled first and second posts, and wherein the second lateral face of the first post comprises an outer wall of the second side central channel and at least a portion of the second side central channel cutout is formed in the outer wall. 8. The modular panel system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second posts further comprises a third cutout in the first ledge and a fourth cutout in the second ledge, wherein the third cutout is aligned with the fourth cutout and wherein the linking opening is disposed between the first and second cutouts and the third and fourth cutouts. 9. The modular panel system of claim 8, wherein the first, second, third and fourth cutouts and the linking opening comprise an attachment group, wherein each of the first and second posts comprises a plurality of the attachment groups. 10. The modular panel system of claim 8 wherein the first, second, third and fourth cutouts and the linking opening comprise an attachment group and the central channel extends from a first end of the attachment group to a second, opposite end of the attachment group. 11. The modular panel system of claim 10 wherein the central channel extends past at least one of the first and second ends of the attachment group. 12. The modular panel system of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second posts comprise a central lateral axis and a central perpendicular axis that is generally perpendicular to the central lateral axis, wherein each post is generally symmetrical about the central lateral axis and wherein each post is generally symmetrical about the central perpendicular axis. 13. The modular panel system of claim 1 wherein the rear face of each of the first and second posts further comprises a plurality of accessory openings. 14. The modular panel system of claim 13 wherein a first grouping of four accessory openings is spaced apart from a second grouping of four accessory openings. 15. The modular panel system of claim 1 further wherein each of the first and second posts comprises a slide bolt opening disposed in the central channel, wherein the slide bolt opening is configured to receive a slide bolt. 16. A modular panel system, comprising: a first post, a second post, and a third post, each post comprising: a front face defining a central channel, the central channel comprising a floor having a linking opening and a slide bolt opening, a first ledge extending from a first side of the central channel and a second ledge extending from a second side of the central channel, a first cutout in the first ledge, and a second cutout in the second ledge disposed aligned with the first cutout in the first ledge;a rear face defining a panel receiving channel;a first lateral face;a second lateral face disposed opposite the first lateral face;a panel having a lateral edge sized to be received by the panel receiving channel of either the first or the second post;a first linking element and a second linking element, the first linking element having a head and being configured to be secured in the linking opening of the first post;wherein the head of the first linking element is sized to fit within the first and second cutouts in the first and second ledges and to be secured by the first and second ledges of the second post to couple the first post to the second post;wherein the first lateral face of the first post and either the first or the second lateral face of the second post together form a first side central channel and a first side central channel cutout to receive the second linking element to couple the third post to the coupled first and second posts;a base coupled to either the first or the second post, the base having a slide bolt receiving channel; anda slide bolt having first portion received in the slide bolt receiving channel and a second portion received in the slide bolt opening in either the first or the second post. 17. The modular panel system of claim 16 further comprising a fourth post, wherein the second lateral face of the first post and either the first or second lateral face of the second post together form a second side central channel and a second side central channel cutout to couple the fourth post the coupled first and second posts.