Resilient floor
AssigneeVälinge Innovation AB
InventorsMats NILSSON, Per NYGREN
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Abstract
A method of assembling resilient floorboards is disclosed that includes the step of bending an edge of a floorboard during the assembling. The bending reduces the force required for connection of the edge to another edge of a juxtaposed floorboard. The floorboards may be provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of two adjacent floorboards.
Claims23
1-20. (canceled)
A set of resilient floorboards, each floorboard provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking to an adjacent floorboard, the mechanical locking system comprising a first device at a first edge, and a second device at a second edge, wherein the first device comprises a downwardly protruding locking element and the second device comprises an upwardly protruding locking element, wherein the downwardly protruding locking element is provided with an angled first locking surface configured to cooperate with an angled second locking surface of the upwardly protruding locking element of the adjacent floorboard for locking the first edge vertically and horizontally with the second edge of the adjacent floorboard, the first device further comprises an upper upwardly resiliently bendable locking strip that forms a convex shape towards a bottom surface of the floorboard during locking.
A set of resilient floorboards, each floorboard comprising resilient material and is provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking to an adjacent floorboard, the mechanical locking system comprising a first device at a first edge, and a second device at a second edge, wherein the first device comprises a downwardly protruding locking element that locks the first edge vertically and horizontally with the second edge of the adjacent floorboard, and an upper upwardly resiliently bendable locking strip that forms a convex shape towards a bottom surface of the floorboard during locking, and the second device comprises a lower locking strip, wherein the mechanical locking system is integrally formed in one piece with the resilient material of the floorboard.
A set of resilient floorboards, each floorboard comprising thermoplastic material and provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking to an adjacent floorboard, the mechanical locking system comprising a first device at a first edge, and a second device at a second edge, wherein the first device comprises a downwardly protruding locking element that locks the first edge vertically and horizontally with the second edge of the adjacent floorboard, and an upper upwardly resiliently bendable locking strip that forms a convex shape towards a bottom surface of the floorboard during locking, and the second device comprises a lower locking strip, wherein the mechanical locking system is integrally formed in one piece with the thermoplastic material of the floorboard.
A set of resilient floorboards, each floorboard provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking to an adjacent floorboard, the mechanical locking system comprising a first device at a first edge, and a second device at a second edge, wherein the first device comprises a downwardly protruding locking element that locks the first edge vertically and horizontally with the second edge of the adjacent floorboard, and an upper upwardly resiliently bendable locking strip that forms a convex shape towards a bottom surface of the floorboard during locking, wherein the first edge is provided with a groove and the second edge is provided with a tongue.
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