Mechanical locking of floor panels
AssigneeVälinge Innovation AB
InventorsDarko Pervan, Niclas Håkansson, Mattias Sjöstrand, Christian Boo, Agne Pålsson
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Abstract
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other and configured such that the protrusions can obtain a vertically unlocked position where they match the cavities and a vertically locked position where the protrusions overlap each other.
Claims6
A set of floor panels provided with a locking system comprising a tongue at an edge of a first floor panel and a tongue groove in an adjacent edge of a similar second floor panel for connecting the edges vertically wherein the tongue and the tongue groove are displaceable in relation to each other, the tongue comprises a protrusion extending horizontally beyond the upper part of the edge and the tongue groove comprises a protrusion and a cavity configured such that the adjacent edges can obtain a vertically unlocked position where the protrusion of the tongue matches the cavity of the tongue groove and a vertically locked position where the protrusion of said tongue vertically overlaps the protrusion of said tongue groove,
- wherein the tongue and the tongue groove each comprise several protrusions and cavities,
- wherein the protrusions and cavities of the tongue groove and the tongue are formed in one piece with their respective panel,
- wherein the locking system comprises a locking strip with an upwardly directed locking element at the edge of the first floor panel and a downwardly open locking groove at the adjacent edge of the second floor panel for connecting the adjacent edges in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the adjacent edges,
- wherein the locking strip protrudes beyond the upper part of the edge of the first floor panel,
- the edges are configured to be locked with a vertical motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.