E04F 2201/0176
With snap action of the edge connectors
Official title: with snap action of the edge connectors
E04F2201/0176 (With snap action of the edge connectors) appears on 92 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04F- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 40
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
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| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | 10 | 11 |
| 2015 | 14 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 | 8 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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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