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Mechanical locking system for building panels

US9951526B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

VALINGE INNOVATION AB · SE

Inventors

Christian Boo · Kågeröd, SE
Stefan Stigert · Helsingborg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 19, 2015
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 19, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49629
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Building panels provided with a mechanical locking system including a tongue, at first edge of a first building panel, cooperating with a tongue groove, at a second edge of an adjacent second building panel, for vertical locking of the building panels and a method for producing such building panels. The method includes the step of forming the tongue of material of the first edge. The insertion groove may have a sidewall at a third edge, which is adjacent the first edge, and may be open at a fourth edge, which is opposite the third edge.

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