Panel, covering, and method of uncoupling two interconnected panels

A panel suitable as a floor, ceiling, or wall panel, which panel is of a planar design having an upper side, a bottom side, and side edges that comprise a first side edge provided with a first profile and a second side edge provided with a second profile,

• wherein the first profile and the second profile are mutually interacting profiles that can be coupled to each other, so that a first panel can be coupled in one common plane to a second, identical panel by the mutually interacting profiles,
• wherein the first profile and the second profile in a coupled condition establish an interlocking with each other both in a horizontal direction and in a vertical direction,
• and wherein the first profile and the second profile are configured to allow for:
• a coupling of the mutually interacting profiles of the first panel and the second panel by a vertical insertion of the mutually interacting profile of the second panel into the mutually interacting profile of the first panel, and
• an uncoupling of said mutually interacting profiles of the first panel and the second panel by a downward angling movement between the first panel and the second panel out of the common plane;
• wherein the first profile is provided along the first side edge of the panel, and comprises an upward tongue which is connected to the first side edge by a lower bridge part extending parallel to a plane of the panel at the bottom side of the panel, and wherein the lower bridge part delimits an upward groove which is enclosed between the upward tongue and the first side edge;
• wherein the second profile is provided along the second side edge of the panel, comprises a downward tongue which is connected to the second side edge by an upper bridge part extending parallel to a plane of the panel at a top side of the panel, and wherein the upper bridge part delimits a downward groove which is enclosed between the downward tongue and the second side edge;
• wherein the upward groove and the downward groove are configured to receive respectively the downward tongue and the upward tongue when the respective mutually interacting profiles of two identical panels are coupled to each other;
• wherein a frontal side of the upward tongue of the first profile is provided with at least one locking element and a horizontally opposed frontal side of the second profile is provided with a counterlocking element, wherein the locking element and the counterlocking element are substantially complementary, such that in a coupled condition of two panels, the locking element of the first profile and the counterlocking element of the second profile mutually interlock, and wherein the locking element and the counterlocking element define at least one pivot point or at least one pivot zone around which, in coupled condition of the two panels, the two panels can be mutually angled downwardly during uncoupling of said first profile and the second profile;
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• wherein the locking element comprises at least one locking surface, and wherein the counterlocking element comprises at least one counterlocking surface, such that in the coupled condition of two panels, the locking surface and the counterlocking surface are configured to co-act with each other to realize a locking effect in at least a vertical direction, wherein the pivot point or at least one pivot zone are located at a level which is below a deepest point of the downward tongue.