Panel
AssigneeAkzenta Paneele + Profile GmbH
InventorsHans-Jürgen Hannig, Arne Loebel
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Abstract
A panel having at least one pair of complementary locking means at opposite panel edges, wherein at least one pair of the locking means is provided with complementary hook profile portions, wherein at least one of the hook profile portions has a compression region.
Claims15
Two panels, each having a body, opposite panel edges, and at least one pair of complementary locking structures at opposite panel edges, wherein the at least one pair of the locking structures comprises a receiving hook and an arresting hook, wherein the arresting hook of one panel fits into the receiving hook of the other panel;
- wherein the arresting hook has an arresting contour and the receiving hook has a positively locking contour;
- wherein the arresting contour and the positively locking contour are compressible and consist of a material having a Brinell hardness in a range of 30-90 N/mm2 and a modulus of elasticity in a range between 3000 and 7000 N/mm2 so the arresting contour and positively locking contour have increased compressibility involving elastic deformation to produce a positive locking connection between the arresting contour and positively locking contour upon insertion of the arresting contour into the positively locking contour;
- wherein there is a gap between a latching surface of a female latching element and a latching surface of a male latching element in a locked condition of the two panels, said gap is about a few tenths of a millimeter or about 0.1 mm.
Two panels, each having a body, opposite panel edges, and at least one pair of complementary locking structures at opposite panel edges, wherein the at least one pair of the locking structures comprises a receiving hook and an arresting hook, wherein the arresting hook of one panel fits into the receiving hook of the other panel;
- wherein the arresting hook has an arresting contour and the receiving hook has a positively locking contour;
- wherein the arresting contour and the positively locking contour are compressible and consist of a material having a Brinell hardness in a range of 40-90 N/mm2 and a modulus of elasticity in a range between 3000 and 7000 N/mm2 so the arresting contour and positively locking contour have compressibility involving elastic deformation to produce a positive locking connection between the arresting contour and positively locking contour upon insertion of the arresting contour into the positively locking contour;
- wherein the arresting contour comprises a comb-like configuration of ribs and groove-shaped gaps.
Two panels, each having a body, opposite panel edges, and at least one pair of complementary locking structures at opposite panel edges, wherein the at least one pair of the locking structures comprises a receiving hook and an arresting hook, wherein the arresting hook of one panel fits into the receiving hook of the other panel;
- wherein the arresting hook has an arresting contour and the receiving hook has a positively locking contour;
- wherein the arresting contour and the positively locking contour are compressible and consist of a material having a Brinell hardness in a range of 30-90 N/mm2 and a modulus of elasticity in a range between 4000 and 7000 N/mm2 so the arresting contour and positively locking contour have compressibility involving elastic deformation to produce a positive locking connection between the arresting contour and positively locking contour upon insertion of the arresting contour into the positively locking contour;
- wherein the arresting contour comprises a comb-like configuration of ribs and groove-shaped gaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.