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Granted Patent B2
US 11,066,836 · App. 16/569,894 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Floorboards comprising a decorative edge part in a resilient surface layer

Inventors: Marcus Bergelin (Lerberget, SE); Mats Nilsson (Viken, SE)
Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
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Patent No.
US 11,066,836
App. No.
16/569,894
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A set of essentially identical floorboards each including a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction, said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges.

Claims (36)

1. A set of essentially identical floorboards each comprising a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer comprising a plastic material, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction,

said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, the vertical folding being where a long side edge of a first floorboard is arranged at an upper part of a second long side edge of a second floorboard, and when the first floorboard is angled down a short side edge is folded down into a connection with a side edge of an adjacent, third floorboard,

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a tongue on one of said opposite edges, wherein the tongue is configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for connecting the floorboards in the vertical direction

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a locking groove, at one of said opposite edges, cooperating with a locking element, at the other of said opposite edges, for connecting said floorboard with said adjacent floorboard in the horizontal direction, and

wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges,

wherein the tongue is provided at the same edge as the surface groove and the surface groove is spaced in a vertical direction from the tongue.

2. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mechanical locking system is on the short side edge.

3. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plastic material is PVC or polyethylene.

4. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the surface layer is a resilient surface layer.

5. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the resilient surface layer comprising a transparent wear layer.

6. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the core comprises a material selected from HDF, MDF, particleboard or plywood.

7. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the resilient surface layer comprising decorative layer.

8. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the decorative layer is a plastic film, a wood veneer, a cork layer or a print.

9. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the resilient surface layer comprising a reinforcement layer.

10. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the floorboard comprises a core of a wood-based material.

11. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the floorboards are moisture proof.

12. A set of essentially identical floorboards, each comprising a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer comprising a plastic material, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction,

said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, the vertical folding being where a long side edge of a first floorboard is arranged at an upper part of a second long side edge of a second floorboard, and when the first floorboard is angled down a short side edge is folded down into a connection with a side edge of an adjacent, third floorboard,

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a tongue on one of said opposite edges, wherein the tongue is configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for connecting the floorboards in the vertical direction

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a locking groove, at one of said opposite edges, cooperating with a locking element, at the other of said opposite edges, for connecting said floorboard with said adjacent floorboard in the horizontal direction, and

wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges,

wherein the tongue is a displaceable tongue which is displaceable relative to said one opposite edge.

13. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the displaceable tongue is provided at the same edge as the surface groove.

14. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the displaceable tongue is in a displacement groove and is displaceable inwardly toward the displacement groove.

15. A set of essentially identical floorboards, each comprising a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer comprising a plastic material, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction,

said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, the vertical folding being where a long side edge of a first floorboard is arranged at an upper part of a second long side edge of a second floorboard, and when the first floorboard is angled down a short side edge is folded down into a connection with a side edge of an adjacent, third floorboard,

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a tongue on one of said opposite edges, wherein the tongue is configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for connecting the floorboards in the vertical direction

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a locking groove, at one of said opposite edges, cooperating with a locking element, at the other of said opposite edges, for connecting said floorboard with said adjacent floorboard in the horizontal direction, and

wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges,

wherein the tongue is a flexible tongue.

16. A set of essentially identical floorboards, each comprising a front face and a rear face extending in the horizontal plane, a core, and a surface layer comprising a plastic material, a mechanical locking system is arranged at least at two opposite edges for connecting a floorboard with an adjacent floorboard in a horizontal and a vertical direction,

said mechanical locking system being configured for connecting the floorboard with the adjacent floorboard by vertical folding, the vertical folding being where a long side edge of a first floorboard is arranged at an upper part of a second long side edge of a second floorboard, and when the first floorboard is angled down a short side edge is folded down into a connection with a side edge of an adjacent, third floorboard,

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a tongue on one of said opposite edges, wherein the tongue is configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for connecting the floorboards in the vertical direction

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a locking groove, at one of said opposite edges, cooperating with a locking element, at the other of said opposite edges, for connecting said floorboard with said adjacent floorboard in the horizontal direction, and

wherein one of said opposite edges is provided with a horizontally extending protrusion at an upper edge, and wherein said protrusion is configured to overlap a surface groove at an upper edge of the other of said opposite edges, such that two connected and adjacent floorboards have upper overlapping edges,

wherein the overlapping edges are provided with a hook shaped connection.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2021
From: BERGELIN, MARCUS; NILSSON, MATS
To: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
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Priority Claims (1)
SE 0600055-8 · Jan 12, 2006 · national
Continuity (8)
Continuation 15684129 · Aug 23, 2017
Continuation 14946080 · Nov 19, 2015
Continuation 13943464 · Jul 16, 2013
Continuation 13552357 · Jul 18, 2012
Continuation 13046011 · Mar 11, 2011
Continuation 11649837 · Jan 5, 2007
Provisional Application 60758213 · Jan 12, 2006
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