E04F 2201/0169
By rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is
Official title: by rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is perpendicular to the abutting edges and parallel to the main plane, possibly combined with a sliding movement
E04F2201/0169 (By rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is) appears on 121 US grants and 145 published applications in this corpus.
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- 14 Apr 2026
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Floor panel14 Apr 2026US 12,601,187 B2Unilin BV
- Floor panel for forming a floor covering16 Dec 2025US 12,497,785 B2Unilin BV
- Multi-purpose tile system, tile covering, and tile9 Sep 2025US 12,410,618 B2i4F Licensing NV
- Floor panel for forming a floor covering17 Jun 2025US 12,331,528 B2Unilin BV
- Building panel with locking system10 Jun 2025US 12,325,994 B2Välinge Innovation AB
- Floor panel8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308921 A1Unilin BV
- Floor panel for forming a floor covering12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043250 A1Unilin BV
- A joint of floor panels29 Jan 2026US 2026/0028829 A1"Barlinek" SpóLka Akcyjna
- Set of panels23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327313 A1Välinge Innovation AB
- Building panel with locking system28 Aug 2025US 2025/0270812 A1Välinge Innovation AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mechanical locking system for panels and method of installing same268US 7,841,145 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2010
- Mechanical locking system for floor panels196US 8,234,830 B2Välinge Innovations AB · 2012
- Mechanical locking of floor panels with vertical snap folding and an installation method to connect such panels189US 8,499,521 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2013
- Mechanical locking of floor panels with a flexible tongue188US 8,341,915 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2013
- Mechanical locking of floor panels with a flexible tongue169US 8,381,477 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2013