Flooring panel or wall panel and use thereof
AssigneePerstorp Flooring AB
InventorsGoran Martensson, Magnus Kulik
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Abstract
A building panel, such as a flooring panel or wall panel and a method of assembling the same into a floor, wall cladding, etc. The panel is provided with a locking means in the form of groove (6) and tongue (7) forming a tongue/groove joint for assembling of the panels. In a preferred embodiment, the groove (6) and the tongue (7) are made of water resistant material and formed with a snap-together joint.
Claims19
A method of forming a tight joint between similar panels, said method comprising:
- providing a series of panels, each panel defining a perimeter, said perimeter defining at least three sides of said panel, and at least one tongue or groove shape provided along said sides, an uneven number of protrusions being defined on at least one of an upper surface of said tongue or groove to act as a snapping web and a corresponding number of uneven depressions being defined on at least one of said upper surface of said tongue or groove, positioned so as to act as a snapping groove with said snapping web, said snapping web and snapping groove urging the panels together to form a tight joint.
A system for forming a wall, floor or cladding by assembling a plurality of panels into an interlocked unit, said system comprising:
- a plurality of panels, each of said panels defining a perimeter having at least three sides;
- each of said sides being provided with at least one of a tongue or groove, said panel comprising an upper surface formed of paint, a thermoplastic foil, a paper impregnated with a thermosetting or UV-curing resin, or thermosetting laminate;
- at least one of an upper surface of the tongue or groove being provided with an uneven number of protrusions and the other being provided with a corresponding uneven number of depressions cooperating with each said protrusion to form a snapping web and snapping groove, respectively;
- said snapping web and said snapping groove forcing adjacent panels towards the joint when said panels are snapped together.
A building panel, said panel having a perimeter defining quadrilateral, said sides being provided with at least one of a tongue or a groove, said panel comprising an upper surface formed of a paint, a thermoplastic foil, a paper impregnated with a thermosetting or UV-curing resin or thermosetting laminate;
- at least one of an upper surface of said tongue or groove being provided with an uneven number of protrusions and the other being provided with a corresponding uneven number of depressions cooperating with each said protrusion to form a snapping web and snapping groove, respectively;
- said snapping web and snapping groove forcing adjacent panels towards the joint where panels are snapped together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.