US 10,415,613 B2Granted

Set of panel-shaped elements for a composed element

AssigneeVälinge Innovation AB

InventorChristian Boo

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Abstract

A set of panel-shaped elements includes a first panel-shaped element, a second panel-shaped element, and a third panel-shaped element. The first panel-shaped element includes at least one recess that extends through the first panel-shaped element from a first side to a second side. The second panel-shaped element includes a first profiled portion, which is configured to extend into the recess from the first side of the first panel-shaped element. The third panel-shaped element includes a second profiled portion, which is configured to extend into the recess from the second side of the first panel-shaped element and for locking engagement with the first profiled portion. The set of panel-shaped elements can be assembled using a method where the third element is moved into locking engagement with the first and second elements.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A set of panel-shaped elements for assembly to a composed element, comprising

a first panel-shaped element, a second panel-shaped element, and a third panel-shaped element, wherein
the first panel-shaped element comprises a first side and an opposite second side extending in a longitudinal direction of the first panel-shaped element, and at least one recess at least partially extending through the first panel-shaped element from the first side to the second side;
the second panel-shaped element comprises a first profiled portion at one of its ends, the first profiled portion being configured to extend into the recess from the first side of the first panel-shaped element;
and
the third panel-shaped element comprises a second profiled portion at one of its ends, the second profiled portion being configured to extend into the recess from the second side of the first panel-shaped element and for locking engagement with the first profiled portion,
wherein each of the first profiled portion and the second profiled portion forms a tongue with a locking member, the locking members engage within the recess in a locking engagement, at least in a longitudinal direction of the second and the third panel.

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A method for assembling a set of panel-shaped elements, comprising

providing a first panel-shaped element having a first side and an opposite second side extending in a longitudinal direction of the first panel-shaped element, and at least one recess at least partially extending through the first panel-shaped element from the first side to the second side;
inserting a first profiled portion at one end of a second panel-shaped element into the recess from the first side of the first panel-shaped element such that the first profiled portion extends into the recess;
inserting a second profiled portion at one end of a third panel-shaped element into the recess from the second side of the first panel-shaped element such that the second profiled portion extends into the recess;
and
moving the second profiled portion into locking engagement with the first profiled portion,
moving the second profiled portion into locking engagement with the first profiled portion within the recess to thereby lock the second and third panel-shaped element at least in the longitudinal direction of the second and third panel-shaped element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/428,504Filed 9 Feb 2017
Priority: SE 165015879 Feb 2016
Published: US 2017/0227031 A110 Aug 2017
Granted: 17 Sep 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

F16B 5/008
Joining sheets, plates or panels in abutting relationship: by a rotating or sliding and rotating movement
A47B 3/06
Folding or stowable tables: with separable parts
A47B 47/0075
Cabinets, racks or shelf units, characterised by features related to dismountability or building-up from elements: flat or flat-like panels…
A47B 47/042
Made mainly of wood or plastics: panels connected without frames