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Mechanical locking of floor panels with a flexible bristle tongue

US8341914B2 · kind B2 · utility

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154References

23Claims

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Assignee

VALINGE INNOVATION AB · SE

Inventors

Darko Pervan · Viken, SE
Agne Pålsson · Hasslarp, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2010
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/167
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A tongue for a building panel, said tongue is of an elongated shape, wherein the tongue has at least two protrusions that extend in the same direction at a first long edge of the tongue, and the protrusions are bendable in a plane parallel to the upper surface of the tongue and extending essentially in the parallel plane and, the tongue has a second long edge, which is essentially straight over substantially the whole length of the tongue, and, a vertical protrusion is arranged at the upper side and/or at the lower side of the horizontal protrusions.

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