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US 11,603,669 B2Granted
Panel and covering
Assigneei4F Licensing NV
InventorEddy Alberic Boucké
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Abstract
A panel, in particular a floor panel, interconnectable with similar panels for forming a covering, and a covering consisting of mutually connected floor panels.
Claims18
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 the 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 the upward tongue of the first coupling part of the 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 the panel and a second locking element of a second panel are configured to coact in a coupled condition of said panel and said second panel, wherein the panel and the second panel are of the same configuration;
- 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;
- 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,
- wherein in the coupled condition of the panel and the second panel the part of the side of the upward tongue facing toward the upward flank and the part of the side of the downward tongue facing toward the downward flank are in contact in a contact zone, wherein the centre of the first circle and the centre of the second circle are located above the contact zone, and
- wherein an upper part of the upward flank and an upper part of the side of the downward tongue facing away from the downward flank define a vertical plane in the coupled condition, wherein the second locking element is located below the upper part of the side of the downward tongue facing away from the downward flank and wherein the distal part of the second locking element protrudes beyond the vertical plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.