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Mechanical locking of floor panels with vertical snap folding

US11987990B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB · SE

Inventors

Darko Pervan · Viken, SE
Marcus Nilsson Ståhl · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	May 21, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/21
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. The floor panels may have a first and a second connector at the long edges that are configured to obtain a minimum of friction facilitating a displacement, by a spring back force from the bending of a short edge locking strip, of a new panel in a horizontal direction along the long edge during the vertical snap folding action.

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