Flooring and method for laying and manufacturing the same

A system for making a flooring comprising quadrangular floorboards which are mechanically lockable,

• in which system individual floorboards along four edge portions have pairs of opposing connectors including a tongue and a groove for joining together adjoining floorboards at least vertically, and
• wherein the pairs of opposing connectors of the floorboards at least in a first direction in a plane of the floorboard lock together both horizontally and vertically by inward angling and/or snapping-in, wherein
• the system comprises a first type and a second type of floorboards, wherein the first type is different from second type, and
• the connectors of the first type of the floorboard along one pair of opposite edge portions are arranged in a mirror-inverted manner relative to the corresponding connectors along the same pair of opposite edge portions of the second type of the floorboards.

A set of floorboards for making a flooring comprising quadrangular floorboards, which are mechanically lockable,

• individual floofboards along four edge portions having pairs of opposing connectors including a tongue and a groove for interconnecting adjoining floorboards at least in a vertical direction, and
• the pairs of opposing connectors of the floorboards at least in a first direction in a plane of the floorboard locking-together in both a horizontal and the vertical direction by inward angling and/or smapping-in, wherein
• the system comprises a first type and a second type of floorboard, wherein the first type is different from the second type,
• the connectors of the first type of the floorboards along one pair of opposite edge portions being arranged in a mirror-inverted manner relative to the corresponding connectors along the same pair of opposite edge portions of the second type of the floorboards.

A method for making a floor of mechanically locked floorboards, which along four edge portions has pairs of opposing connectors including a tongue and a groove for locking together adjoining floorboards in both a vertical and a horizontal direction,

• the connectors of the floorboards locking-together in a first direction in a plane of the floorboard by at least snapping-in and locking-together in a second direction in the plane of the floorboard by inward angling or snapping-in, and
• which floorboards comprise a first type of floorboard and a second type of floorboard that is different from the first type, the connectors of one of the first and second types of the floorboards along one pair of opposite edge portions being arranged in a mirror-inverted manner relative to the corresponding connectors along the same pair of opposite edge portions of the other of the first and second types of the floorboards, the method comprising the steps of
• (a) locking together two floorboards of the same, first type of floorboard long side against long side, so that the first type floorboards are displaced relative to each other by a distance corresponding to a width of the second type of floorboard,
• (b) locking together a first edge portion of a third floorboard of the second type of floorboard with a first edge portion of one of the previously connected first type floorboards and displacing said first edge portion of the third floorboard along the same, for locking together a second edge portion of the third floorboard with a first edge portion of the other of the previously connected first type floorboards by snapping-in, and
• repeating step (b) for adding further floorboards.

A method for making a floor of mechanically locked floorboards,

• wherein four edge portions of each floorboard have pairs of opposing connectors including a tongue and a groove for locking together adjoining floorboards at least in a vertical direction, and
• the pairs of opposing connectors of the floorboards at least in a first direction in a plane of the floorboard locking-together in both a horizontal and the vertical direction by inward angling or snapping-in, and
• which floorboards comprise a first type of floorboard and a second type of floorboard which is different from the first type, the connectors of the first type of floorboard along one pair of opposite edge portions being arranged in a mirror-inverted manner relative to the corresponding connectors along the same pair of opposite edge portions of the second type of floorboard, the method comprising the steps of
• (a) connecting a short side of a floorboard of the first type of floorboard with a long side of a floorboard of the second type of floorboard,
• (b) locking together a first edge portion of a third floorboard with a long side of one of the previously connected first type and second type floorboards and displacing said first edge portion of the third floorboard along the same for connecting a second edge portion of the third floorboard with a long side of the a different one of the previously connected first type and second type floorboards, and
• repeating step (b) for adding further floorboards.

A method for making a floor of mechanically locked floorboards,

• which along four edge portions have pairs of opposing connectors for locking together adjoining floorboards at least in a vertical direction, and
• the pairs of opposing connectors of the floorboards at least in a first direction in a plane of the floorboard locking-together in both a horizontal and the vertical direction by inward angling or snapping-in, and
• which floorboards comprise a first type of floorboard and a second type of floorboard that is different from the first type, the connectors of the first type of floorboard along one pair of opposite edge portions being arranged in a mirror-inverted manner relative to the corresponding connectors along the same pair of opposite edge portions of the second type of floorboard, the method comprising the steps of
• (a) interconnecting two floorboards of the same, first type of floorboard long side against long side so that the floorboards are displaced relative to each other by a distance corresponding to a width of the second type of floorboard,
• (b) interconnecting a first edge portion of a third floorboard of the second type of floorboard with a first edge portion of one of the previously locked first type and second type floorboards and displacing said first edge portion of the third floorboard along the same, for connecting a second edge portion of the third floorboard with a first edge portion of a different one of the previously connected first type floorboards, and
• repeating step (b) for adding further floorboards.

A flooring, which comprises rectangular floorboards with long sides and short sides, said floorboards being joined in a herringbone pattern, long side to long side and long side to short side, wherein:

• the flooring comprises floorboards with a surface layer of laminate, that long sides of said floorboards have pairs of opposing mechanical connectors which at least allow locking-together both horizontally and vertically by inward angling,
• said connectors at the short side are designed for locking together one of said short sides to one of said long sides, both horizontally and vertically,
• said connectors at the short side are designed for locking together another one of said short sides to another one of said long sides both horizontally and vertically, and
• the connectors of the floorboards are designed so as to allow locking together in a first direction in the plane of the floorboard by at least snapping-in and locking together in a second direction in the plane of the floorboard by inward angling and/or snapping-in.