Mechanical locking system for floor panels
AssigneeCeraloc Innovation AB
InventorsDarko PERVAN, Tony PERVAN
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Abstract
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking system on short edges comprising a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. The displaceable tongue may be provided in a sidewardly open displacement groove at an edge of a building panel, the displaceable tongue including a main body extending along the edge of the panel and a tongue locking surface located at an upper and outer part of the tongue.
Claims18
1-20. (canceled)
A displaceable tongue configured to vertically lock a first building panel and a second building panel, said displaceable tongue being configured to be provided in a displacement groove of the second building panel,
- wherein the displaceable tongue has a first portion and a second portion provided along a longitudinal direction of the displaceable tongue, the first portion being transversely wider than the second portion,
- wherein the first portion is configured to cooperate with a portion of the first building panel during locking of the building panels for displacing the displaceable tongue into a tongue groove provided in the first building panel, and
- wherein the first portion comprises a flexible part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.