Panel
Assigneei4F Licensing NV
InventorEddy Alberic Boucké
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Abstract
A panel that includes 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. The at least one first coupling part includes 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. The at least one second coupling part includes 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.
Claims32
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,
- wherein the at least one 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 the at least one 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 upward tongue facing away from the upward flank is provided with a first locking element in a form of an outward bulge or a recess, adapted for co-action with a second locking element in a form of a recess or an outward bulge, of an adjacent floor panel;
- wherein at least a part of a side of the downward flank is provided with a second locking element in a form of a recess or an outward bulge, adapted for co-action with the first locking element in a form of an outward bulge or a recess, of an adjacent floor panel;
- wherein at least a part of a side of the downward tongue facing away from the downward flank is provided with a third locking element in a form of an outward bulge or a recess, adapted for co-action with a fourth locking element in a form of a recess or an outward bulge, of an adjacent floor panel;
- wherein at least a part of the upward flank is provided with a fourth locking element in a form of a recess or an outward bulge, adapted for co-action with the third locking element in a form of an outward bulge or a recess, of an adjacent floor panel,
- wherein the side of the upward tongue facing toward the upward flank is upwardly inclined in a direction away from the upward flank, and wherein the side of the downward tongue facing toward the downward flank is downwardly inclined in a direction away from the downward flank, and wherein a horizontal centerline of the third locking element, a horizontal centerline of the fourth locking element, or the horizontal centerline of the third locking element and the horizontal centerline of the fourth locking element is situated in between (i) a horizontal centerline (L1) of the first locking element and (ii) a horizontal line (LH) defining the maximum height of the upward tongue.
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