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US 2022/0064964 A1Published application
Set of floor panels and method for installing this set of floor panels
AssigneeFlooring Industries Limited, Sarl
InventorJan Eddy DE RICK
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Abstract
A set of floor panels includes floor panels that are oblong rectangular and have a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges. The long and the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling parts, which allow coupling the floor panels of the set to each other such that a herringbone pattern can be realized herewith.
Claims19
A set of floor panels, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular and thus have a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges;
- wherein the long edges and the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling parts arranged for coupling the floor panels of the set to each other;
- wherein a first long edge of the long edges is provided with a male coupling part and a second long edge of the long edges is provided with a female coupling part;
- wherein a first short edge of the short edges is provided with a male coupling part and a second short edge of the short edges is provided with a female coupling part;
- wherein the male coupling part at the long edge is arranged to be inserted into the female coupling part at the long edge of a floor panel of the set by means of a turning movement;
- wherein the male coupling part at the long edge is arranged to be inserted into the female coupling part at the short edge of a floor panel of the set by means of a turning movement;
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- wherein the male coupling part at the short edge is arranged to be inserted into the female coupling part at the long edge in one and the same turning movement arranged for inserting the male coupling part at the long edge into the female coupling part at the long or short edge;
- wherein the male coupling part at the short edge and the female coupling part at the long edge comprise locking parts arranged to, in a mutually coupled condition of such short edge and long edge, effect a locking in horizontal direction and a locking in vertical direction;
- wherein the female coupling part at the long edge and at the short edge comprises a lateral groove bordered by an upper lip and a lower lip, the lower lip extending distally to beyond the upper lip and is provided with an upwardly directed locking part;
- wherein the male coupling part at the long edge is provided with a tongue, in the coupled condition, arranged to cooperate with the lateral groove in order to effect a vertical locking;
- wherein the proximal end of the upwardly directed locking part comprises an inclined face;
- wherein the bottom of the tongue comprises a recess, wherein the recess comprises an inclined face;
- wherein in coupled condition of the male coupling part of the long edge of a floor panel of the set into the female coupling part of the long edge of a floor panel of the set, the inclined face of the recess of the tongue of the male coupling part of the long edge contacts the inclined face of the upwardly directed locking part of the female coupling part of the long edge thereby defining an inclined contact plane;
- wherein the inclined contact plane observed for the coupled female coupling part of the long edge is directed seen from the bottom of the coupled panels in the distal direction of the coupled female coupling part of the long edge;
- wherein the set of floor panels comprises at least one pair of locking portions in order to effect the vertical locking of the male coupling part of the short edge in the female coupling part at the long edge, namely a first locking portion at this male coupling part and a second locking portion, cooperating therewith in coupled condition, at the female coupling part,
- wherein the second locking portion present at the female coupling part, is situated at the distal end of the lower lip or of the upwardly directed locking part, whereas the first locking portion is situated at the opposite floor panel.
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A set of floor panels, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular and thus have a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges;
- wherein the long edges and the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling parts arranged for coupling the floor panels of the set to each other;
- wherein a first long edge of the long edges is provided with a male coupling part and a second long edge of the long edges is provided with a female coupling part;
- wherein a first short edge of the short edges is provided with a male coupling part and a second short edge of the short edges is provided with a female coupling part;
- wherein the male coupling part at the long edge is arranged to be inserted into the female coupling part at the long edge of a floor panel of the set by means of a turning movement;
- wherein the male coupling part at the long edge is arranged to be inserted into the female coupling part at the short edge of a floor panel of the set by means of a turning movement;
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- wherein the male coupling part at the short edge is arranged to be inserted into the female coupling part at the long edge in one and the same turning movement arranged for inserting the male coupling part at the long edge into the female coupling part at the long or short edge;
- wherein the male coupling part at the short edge and the female coupling part at the long edge comprise locking parts arranged to, in a mutually coupled condition of such short edge and long edge, effect a locking in horizontal direction and a locking in vertical direction;
- wherein the female coupling part at the long edge and at the short edge comprises a lateral groove bordered by an upper lip and a lower lip, the lower lip extending distally to beyond the upper lip and is provided with an upwardly directed locking part;
- wherein the male coupling part at the long edge is provided with a tongue, in the coupled condition, arranged to cooperate with the lateral groove in order to effect a vertical locking;
- wherein the proximal end of the upwardly directed locking part comprises an inclined face;
- wherein the bottom of the tongue comprises a recess, wherein the recess comprises an inclined face;
- wherein in coupled condition of the male coupling part of the long edge of a floor panel of the set into the female coupling part of the long edge of a floor panel of the set, the inclined face of the recess of the tongue of the male coupling part of the long edge contacts the inclined face of the upwardly directed locking part of the female coupling part of the long edge thereby defining an inclined contact plane;
- wherein the inclined contact plane observed for the coupled female coupling part of the long edge is directed seen from the bottom of the coupled panels in the distal direction of the coupled female coupling part of the long edge;
- wherein the set of floor panels comprises at least one pair of locking portions in order to effect the vertical locking of the male coupling part of the short edge in the female coupling part at the long edge, namely a first locking portion at this male coupling part and a second locking portion, cooperating therewith in coupled condition, at the female coupling part,
- wherein the second locking portion present at the female coupling part, is situated at the distal end of the lower lip or of the upwardly directed locking part, whereas the first locking portion is situated at the opposite floor panel;
- wherein the male coupling part at the short edge comprises a flange extending laterally at the top, a downwardly extending locking part is situated at the flange;
- wherein the coupling parts on all four edges are realized in one piece from a material of the floor panels;
- wherein the respective coupling parts are configured such that the first locking portion is arranged to be brought behind the second locking portion by means of a downward movement of the respective coupling part, by means of a downward snap movement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.