Floor tile
AssigneeHW-Industries GmbH & Co., KG
InventorBernd Schneider
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Abstract
A floor tile, in particular a laminate panel, parquet element or such like, with an edge profile on at least two opposite edges in the form of a modified groove and tongue joint, is designed in such a way that there is a tongue 20, 30 and a groove 22, 26 on each of the said two edges. The edge profiles are contrived so that the adjacent tiles can be locked in place in relation to each other in both the vertical and horizontal directions. Tongue 20 on the first tile 10 and groove 22 in the second tile 12 rise upwards from the bottom of the tiles at an angle. Accordingly, the bottom wall of groove 26 in the first tile and the bottom outer surface of tongue 30 on the second tile 12 are also inclined at an angle, while the top surfaces of the groove and tongue are oriented horizontally or parallel to the plane of the tile.
Claims15
A floor tile with an edge profile on at least two opposite edges in a form of a modified groove and tongue joint to facilitate connecting of adjacent tiles, with a simultaneous arrangement consisting of a set of one groove and one tongue on each of at least two edges, of which the tongue on one edge of a first tile and the groove in an associated edge of a second tile rise obliquely upwards from a bottom of the tile, characterized in that the groove in the first tile is disposed directly above its tongue, and in that a bottom wall of this groove falls away towards a back end of the groove at the same angle as the tongue on the first tile rises, in that the top wall of the groove in the first tile runs essentially parallel to a plane of the tile, and in that the tongue on the second tile has a top surface that runs essentially parallel to the plane of the tile to match a shape of the groove in the first tile, and a bottom surface which falls away towards the end of tongue.
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