Modular display, partition, wall and/or space planning system

Abstract

A modular display, partition, wall, and/or space planning system comprised of interlocking panels which connect to form a stable self-standing, double-sided, self-supporting display structure that utilizes a lateral and/or longitudinal interlocking slot system that solves the problem of the need for additional or any hardware to connect, reinforce, provide stands or stability, as well as to allow stacking, transport, and/or storage without the problem of removing or reinstalling any hardware, thus providing one or more advantages, unexpected results and/or solutions of comprising panels that are the substantially similar in one or more dimensions for ease of interchangeability, assembly, shipping and storage.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A self-supporting modular display system, comprising:
 a. two or more of the same or different sized, double sided and interlocking panels that slide together at any angle or substantially right angles, using lateral or longitudinal interlocking slots closer to the edges of the panels than the centers, without additional interlocking hardware or connectors, said interlocking slots connecting separate panels of different or same sizes in different combinations, orientations, and configurations;
 wherein
 (i) each of the panels are substantially flat and do not substantially bend or fold to provide interlocking of said slots; 
 (ii) the panels interlock via said interlocking slots with other panels at any angle or substantially right angles without:
 (a) folding or bending of the panels more than 5 degrees; or 
 (b) the use of additional hardware to connect or support the panels; 
 
 (iv) the panels do not comprise additional right angle flares, sheets or panels at their longitudinal ends that bend or fold or attach at an angle to provide support to the panel to stand upright without additional support. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the systems comprise 2-50 panels and the panels comprise two or more of the same or different sizes. 
     
     
         3 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises two or panels having one or more selected from the group consisting of: knock-down, flat pattern, lightweight, design or word covered, shipping standards compliant, a zigzag configuration, flat, angled, right angled configuration, stackable, interchangeable or slotted configuration or footprint; display surface or visibility of 90 to 360 degrees; dimensions that fit standard shipping box dimensions; re-usable or recyclable materials; customizable: configurations, graphics or materials; stackable configurations that allow flat pattern equipment use for manufacture, transport, or shipping, or moving; and configurations for minimum material waste. 
     
     
         4 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises panels having dimensions selected from the group consisting of 2×4, 4×4, 4×8, 8×8, 8×12 or 8×12 feet; or 1×2, 2×2, 1×3, 2×3, 2×2, 2×3, 2×4, 2×5 meters, or scales thereof selected from ½, ¼, ⅙, ⅛, 1/12, 1/16, 1/32, 1/50, 1/64 or 1/100. 
     
     
         5 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises panels of standard or repeatable sized sheets that can be assembled or dismantled in one selected from the group consisting of 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 80, 90, 120, 150, 180, or 240 minutes that is shorter than other systems or panels that use a different interlocking system or require the use of hardware attachment or standing. 
     
     
         6 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises additional hardware for fixture attachments to the panels for fixtures that are not required for assembly or standing of the system. 
     
     
         7 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises panels as standard sized panels having dimensions selected from 1-40′ tall by 8-384″ wide by 0.15-50 inches deep, or 1-15 meters tall by 0.25-10 meters wide by or 0.3-127 cm deep. 
     
     
         8 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the system comprises panels that comprise UV, heat, cold, wind, or water resistant or protective materials, or natural or synthetic materials for use indoors or outdoors. 
     
     
         9 . A system according to  claim 1 , wherein the panels do not include:
 (A) one or more panels that each fold at an angle of greater than one selected from the group consisting of 5, 10, 15, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 100, 120, or 140 degrees as the inside angle of the fold: or   (B) one or more folded panels that is connected or stabilized by at least one slotted connection at each opposite lateral end of one folded first panel by least two first and second slots of the folded first panel, the folded first panel connected with a second folded or flat panel connected by third and fourth lateral edge slots of the second panel at the opposite lateral ends of the second panel.