Panel, especially floor panel

A panel comprising a core made of wood material or a wood material/plastic mixture, a top side and a bottom side, the panel further including on at least two opposite lateral edges a profiling corresponding to one another such that two identical panels can be connected and locked to one another by an essentially vertical joining motion in a horizontal and vertical direction, the locking in the vertical direction can be brought about by at least one tongue element movable in the horizontal direction, which snaps into place during the joining motion behind a locking edge extending essentially in the horizontal direction, the tongue element being formed in one piece out of the core at a first lateral edge and is free with respect to the core in a direction of the top side and in a direction of a second lateral edge opposite to the first lateral edge, and connected to the core on at least one of its two ends in the direction of its lateral edge.

The panel according to claims 1, wherein the tongue element is exposed with respect to the core by an essentially horizontal slit and an essentially vertical slit.

The panel according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of tongue elements, spaced apart from one another, is provided over a length of one of the lateral edges.

The panel according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal locking occurs by hook elements corresponding to one another.

The panel according to claim 1, wherein an outer edge of the tongue element runs tilted at an angle (α) to the top side.

The panel according to claim 1, wherein the locking edge running essentially horizontally is a sidewall of a groove introduced into the second lateral edge.

A panel comprising a core, a top side and a bottom side, a profiling corresponding to one another, and at least one tongue element movable in a horizontal direction, which snaps into place during a joining motion behind a locking edge extending essentially in a horizontal direction of another panel, the tongue element being formed in one piece from the core and being free with respect to the core in a direction of the top side and in a direction of an opposite lateral edge, and connected to the core in the direction of its lateral edge.