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US 11,149,443 B2Granted
Panel and covering
AssigneeI4F International B.V.
InventorEddy Alberic Boucké
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel, interconnectable with similar panels for forming a covering. The invention also relates to a covering consisting of mutually connected floor panels according to the invention.
Claims17
A panel, comprising:
- a centrally located core provided with an upper side and a lower side, which core defines a plane;
- at least one first coupling part and at least one second coupling part connected respectively to opposite edges of the core,
- which first coupling part comprises an upward tongue, at least one upward flank lying at a distance from the upward tongue and an upward groove formed in between the upward tongue and the upward flank wherein the upward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of a downward tongue of a second coupling part of an adjacent panel, wherein:
- at least a part of a side of the upward tongue facing toward the upward flank is inclined toward the upward flank;
- which second coupling part comprises a downward tongue, at least one downward flank lying at a distance from the downward tongue, and a downward groove formed in between the downward tongue and the downward flank, wherein the downward groove is adapted to receive at least a part of an upward tongue of a first coupling part of an adjacent panel, wherein:
- at least a part of a side of the downward tongue facing toward the downward flank is inclined toward the downward flank,
- wherein the upward flank is provided with a first locking element in the form of a rounded recess, and wherein a side of the downward tongue facing away from the downward flank is provided with a second locking element, in the form of a rounded bulge, wherein the first locking element of a first panel and the second locking element of a second panel are configured to coact in a coupled condition of the two panels;
- wherein the rounded recess forms a first circular segment, wherein a centre of a first circle that forms the first circular segment is located within the upward groove;
- and
- wherein the rounded bulge forms a second circular segment, wherein a centre of a second circle that forms the second circular segment is located within the downward tongue, and
- wherein a central angle of the first circular segment measured from the centre of the first circle lies between 30 and 70 degrees and/or wherein a central angle of the second circular segment measured from the centre of the second circle lies between 25 and 85 degrees.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.