Flooring panel
AssigneeKronotex GmbH
InventorDetlef Tychsen
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Abstract
Flooring panel with two connection members whose sides face each other for attachment to other flooring panels of the same type. A first connection member has an upper projection, a lower projection, and groove between them. A second connecting member features a tongue for insertion in the groove of an adjacent connection member. In order to achieve good assembly as well as economical production of the panels, provision is made for a lower protuberance, lower indentation, lower auxiliary protuberance, and lower auxiliary indentation on the lower projection of the first connection member. The profile thus created is fitted to a corresponding profile on the lower side of the tongue which has an upper indentation, an upper protuberance, an upper auxiliary indentation, and an upper auxiliary protuberance.
Claims12
A flooring panel comprising:
- a first connecting member having an upper projection including a first installation ledge, a lower projection having a lower indentation and a lower protuberance, and a groove situated between the upper projection and the lower projection;
- a second connecting member being positioned on an opposing edge of the flooring panel from the first connecting member, the second connecting member having a second installation ledge and a tongue, the tongue including a lower side having an upper protuberance, an upper indentation, an upper auxiliary protuberance and an upper auxiliary indentation, the second installation ledge cooperating with the groove of the first connecting member of an adjacent flooring panel, the lower indentation is formed so as to fit with the upper protuberance and the upper indentation is formed so as to fit with the lower protuberance of the adjacent flooring panel, wherein
- the tongue and the groove are tapered in the direction of a groove-base located toward an end of the groove,
- the lower projection has a lower auxiliary protuberance for insertion in the upper auxiliary indentation and a lower auxiliary indentation for the reception of the upper auxiliary protuberance of another floor panel, and
- the lower protuberance, lower auxiliary protuberance, lower indentation, and lower auxiliary indentation are located on the lower projection outside the groove and extend to an outer edge of the first connecting member thereby forming a first installation member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.