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Mechanical lockings of floor panels and a tongue blank

US9540826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2016
Grant dateJan 10, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04F2201/0547
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Floor panels which are provided with a mechanical locking system including tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other. A set of floor panel provided with a locking system including a displaceable tongue in a displacement groove in a first edge of a first floor panel, cooperating for vertical locking of the edges with a tongue groove in adjacent second edges of a second floor panel, the locking system further including a locking strip with a locking element in one edge which cooperates, for horizontal locking of the edges, with a locking groove in an adjacent edge, the displaceable tongue includes a protrusion and the displacement groove a cavity, the protrusion is slideable against a wall of the cavity to obtain a displacement of the tongue in a first direction perpendicular to the edges and thereby the vertical locking of the edges.

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