Arrangement for forming a floor covering
AssigneeKuijper Modell - und Formenbau GmbH
InventorIvo Kuijper
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Abstract
An arrangement for forming a floor covering (1), wall covering or ceiling covering having a substructure (2) and at least one covering element (4) fastened to the substructure (2) by at least one latching connection (3), the latching connection (3) being configured as a nondestructively detachable and re-connectable latching connection (3) in order to take the covering element (4) off the substructure (3) and subsequently re-fasten the covering element (4) to the substructure (2).
Claims17
An arrangement for forming a floor, wall, or ceiling covering, comprising a substructure, at least one covering element fastened to the substructure by a latching connection, the latching connection configured as a nondestructively detachable and re-connectable latching connection in order to allow removal of the at least one covering element from the substructure and subsequent re-fastening of the at least one covering element to the substructure,
- wherein the latching connection is configured to nondestructively engage the at least one covering element when the at least one covering element is pressed against the substructure in a direction toward the substructure, and nondestructively disengage the at least one covering element when the at least one covering element is lifted from the substructure in a direction perpendicular to and away from the substructure,
- wherein the latching connection includes at least one latching head and at least one latching receptacle, each of said at least one latching head engaging in a form-fitting manner behind at least one undercut in a respective one of said at least one latching receptacle in an engaged state of the latching connection,
- wherein the substructure has at least one profile rail in or on which each of said at least one latching head or each of said at least one latching receptacle is arranged, and
- wherein each of said at least one latching head or each of said at least one latching receptacle is arranged to be displaceable along the profile rail.
An arrangement for forming a floor, wall, or ceiling covering, comprising a substructure, at least one covering element fastened to the substructure by a latching connection, the latching connection configured as a nondestructively detachable and re-connectable latching connection in order to allow removal of the at least one covering element from the substructure and subsequent re-fastening of the at least one covering element to the substructure,
- wherein the latching connection includes at least one latching head and at least one latching receptacle, the at least one latching head engaging in a form-fitting manner behind at least one undercut in the at least one latching receptacle in an engaged state of the latching connection,
- wherein the substructure has at least one profile rail in or on which the latching head or the latching receptacle is arranged,
- wherein the at least one latching head or the at least one latching receptacle is arranged to be displaceable along the profile rail, and
- wherein the at least one latching head or the at least one latching receptacle is arranged on a carrier, wherein at least one pretensioning element is provided on the carrier, wherein the at least one pretensioning element pretensions the carrier in an undercut groove of the profile rail such that the carrier can be pushed into the undercut groove only counter to a degree of frictional resistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.