Title: Acoustical wall baffle and method of making

Abstract: Two acoustical wall panels are secured together back-to-back to form an acoustical wall baffle installable perpendicularly to a wall of an office space in abutting relationship to the wall, ceiling, and floor. Each of the wall panels includes a fibrous glass board mounted in an extruded aluminum frame and covered on the front and edges with a decorative fabric. Each frame includes a rear mounting foot strip for spacing a wall panel from a wall and enabling the wall panel to be hung by the top frame member on concealed brackets, and a rear groove for anchoring the fabric covering by a rubber or plastic cord. The two wall panels are clipped together at the mounting foot strips of the frames by generally U-shaped metal or plastic strips. On the exposed vertical front edge of the wall baffle, a decorative trim strip is inserted between the two wall panels at the fabric anchoring grooves. The wall baffles are mounted by sliding them onto T-shaped mounting strips adhered to the ceiling and floor.

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Inventors: Harris, David A. (Sylvania, OH, US)

Application Number: 973308
Filing Date: 1978-12-26
Publication_date: 1980-08-05
Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (Toledo, OH)
Primary Class(es): 181/287 52/144, 181/290, 181/296
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US Patent Ref:

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Primary Examiner: Hix, L. T.
Assistant Examiner: Fuller, Benjamin R.
Attorney: Hudgens; Ronald C., Cloutier; Philip R., Rose; Paul J.