Locking system and flooring board
AssigneeValinge Aluminium AB
InventorDarko Pervan
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Abstract
A floorboard system includes a plurality of floorboards, wherein each of the floorboards is a rectangular floorboard provided with long edges and short edges and having a floorboard body provided with an integrated long edge locking system and an integrated short edge locking system for mechanical joining, both vertically and horizontally, the floorboards, along the long edges thereof and along the short edges thereof. The long edge locking system differs from the short edge locking system in respect of at least one of material composition and material properties. And, at least one of the long edge locking system and the short edge locking system includes a separate element which is integrally connected with the floorboard body at the factory and is made of a material other than that included in the floorboard body.
Claims13
A floorboard system comprising a plurality of rectangular floorboards, each floorboard of the floorboard system comprising:
- a body;
- a top layer on one side of the body;
- a balance layer on a rear side of the body, the rear side opposite the one side;
- a plurality of edges of the body, the plurality of edges including a first long side, a second long side, a first short side, and a second short side;
- and
- a mechanical joining system including a first locking device and a second locking device,
- wherein the body is formed of a first material and an edge portion is attached to the body on the first short side and the second short side, the edge portion including a second material, the second material different from the first material,
- wherein the second material is attached to the edges of the body on the first short side and the second short side and is arranged between the top layer and the balancing layer, and
- wherein the edge portion extends over a height which is at least a part of a thickness of the body, the thickness measured from the one side to the rear side,
- wherein a part of the mechanical joining system is formed in the edge portion, and wherein the second material is a wood fiber material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.