Claims
- 1. A wall panel suitable for displaying items thereon comprising:
- a penetrating object permeable panel; and
- a magnet attractive apertured mesh material disposed on a surface of said permeable panel, said apertured material being exposed to view and being adapted to receive magnetic means for securing an item to be displayed on the wall panel and further having an aperture size such that the permeable panel is adapted to receive a penetrating object for securing an item to be displayed on the wall panel through an aperture of the apertured material, said apertured material being such that a penetrating object will be directed into an aperture of the apertured material regardless of the position of said penetrating object over the apertured material.
- 2. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein said magnet attractive apertured material comprises a ferromagnetic material.
- 3. The wall panel recited in claim 2, wherein said apertured material comprises a ferromagnetic stainless steel.
- 4. The wall panel recited in claim 1, further comprising a frame surrounding said permeable panel and said apertured material.
- 5. The wall panel recited in claim 4, wherein said apertured material is loosely placed on the surface of said permeable panel and said frame holds said apertured material in place on said permeable panel.
- 6. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein said apertured material is painted.
- 7. The wall panel recited in claim 6, wherein said apertured material is painted with an ornamental design.
- 8. The wall panel recited in claim 1, further comprising a support disposed behind said permeable panel.
- 9. The wall panel recited in claim 8, wherein said support comprises at least two angle-shaped brackets disposed along respective rear sides of said wall panel.
- 10. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein said permeable panel comprises one of a pressed composition panel, cork or plastic.
- 11. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein said permeable panel is laminated to a foamed plastic backing material.
- 12. The wall panel recited in claim 11, wherein said foamed plastic backing material is laminated to a paper material providing a rear surface for said wall panel.
- 13. The wall panel recited in claim 1, further comprising a mounting device disposed on a rear portion of said wall panel for securement of said wall panel to a wall.
- 14. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein said wall panel comprises a surface substantially coextensive with a wall on which the wall panel is disposed.
- 15. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein said apertured material is adhesively joined to said permeable panel, at least in selected portions thereof.
- 16. The wall panel recited in claim 15, further comprising a border of decorative material surrounding edges of the permeable panel, said border being adhesively joined to said apertured material.
- 17. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein said wall panel is free standing.
- 18. The wall panel recited in claim 1 wherein the wall panel is adapted to be connected to an adjacent wall panel in a modular fashion.
- 19. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein the aperture size of the apertured material is such that a penetrating object disposed through an aperture thereof will not distort the apertured material.
- 20. The wall panel recited in claim 1, wherein the apertured material comprises a wire mesh.
- 21. The wall panel recited in claim 20, wherein the aperture size of the wire mesh is such that a penetrating object disposed through an aperture thereof will not distort filaments of the wire mesh.
- 22. A wall panel suitable for displaying items thereon comprising:
- a penetrating object permeable panel; and
- a magnet attractive apertured material disposed on a surface of said permeable panel, said apertured material being exposed to view and being adapted to receive magnetic means for securing an item to be displayed on the wall panel and further having an aperture size such that the permeable panel is adapted to receive a penetrating object for securing an item to be displayed on the wall panel through an aperture of the apertured material, said apertured material comprising a plurality of filaments, the filaments being such that a penetrating object, if aligned with a filament, will be deflected into an aperture of the apertured material regardless of the position of said penetrating object over the apertured material.
- 23. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein said apertured material is painted.
- 24. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein said magnet attractive apertured material comprises a ferromagnetic material.
- 25. The wall panel recited in claim 24, wherein said apertured material comprises ferromagnetic stainless steel.
- 26. The wall panel recited in claim 24, wherein said apertured material is painted with an ornamental design.
- 27. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein said wall panel comprises a surface substantially coextensive with wall on which the wall panel is disposed.
- 28. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein said wall panel is a free standing partition.
- 29. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein the wall panel comprises a partition and is adapted to be connected to an adjacent wall panel in a modular fashion.
- 30. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein the aperture size of the apertured material is such that a penetrating object disposed through an aperture thereof will not distort the apertured material.
- 31. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein the apertured material comprises s wire mesh having filaments extending in two substantially perpendicular directions.
- 32. The wall panel recited in claim 31, wherein the aperture size of the wire mesh is such that a penetrating object disposed through an aperture thereof will not distort filaments of the wire mesh.
- 33. The wall panel recited in claim 22, wherein the wall panel comprises a bulletin board.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/491,661, filed Nov. 22, 1989.
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