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US 8,511,031 · App. 13/552,357 · Granted Aug 20, 2013

Set F floorboards with overlapping edges

Inventors: Marcus Bergelin (Lerberget, SE); Mats Nilsson (Helsingborg, SE)
Assignee: Valinge Innovation AB
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Patent No.
US 8,511,031
App. No.
13/552,357
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
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, 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 pressed against 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 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.

2. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a displaceable tongue on one of said opposite edges and is displaceable relative to said one opposite edge, the displaceable tongue configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for connecting the floorboards in the vertical direction.

3. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the displaceable tongue is provided at the same edge as the surface groove.

4. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 3 , 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.

5. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 2 , 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.

6. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the locking element is provided at the same edge as the displaceable tongue.

7. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the floorboard comprises a core of a wood-based material.

8. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the core comprises a material selected from HDF, MDF, particleboard or plywood.

9. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the surface layer comprises a plastic material.

10. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the plastic is PVC or polyethylene.

11. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the overlapping edges are provided with a hook shaped connection.

12. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the overlapping edges are provided with a hook shaped connection.

13. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the locking element is disposed more distally on the one of said opposite edges in the horizontal direction than the displaceable tongue.

14. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the displaceable tongue is in a displacement groove that is in said one opposite edge.

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

16. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the mechanical locking system is on the short side edge.

17. 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, 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,

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, and

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

wherein the mechanical locking system comprises a displaceable tongue on one of said opposite edges and is displaceable relative to said one opposite edge, the displaceable tongue 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,

wherein the locking element is provided at the same edge as the displaceable tongue,

wherein the floorboard comprises a core of a wood-based material,

wherein the core comprises a material selected from HDF, MDF, particleboard or plywood,

wherein the surface layer comprises a plastic material.

18. 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, 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,

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, and

wherein a displaceable tongue is provided on one of said opposite edges and is displaceable relative to said one opposite edge.

19. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the displaceable tongue is in a displacement groove that is in said one opposite edge.

20. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the displaceable tongue is displaceable inwardly toward the displacement groove.

21. The set of essentially identical floorboards as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the displaceable tongue is configured to cooperate with a tongue groove for connecting the floorboards in the vertical direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2012
From: BERGELIN, MARCUS; NILSSON, MATS
To: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
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Priority Claims (1)
SE 0600055 · Jan 12, 2006 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 13046011 · Mar 11, 2011
Continuation 11649837 · Jan 5, 2007
Provisional Application 60758213 · Jan 12, 2006
Related Publication 20120279154A1 · Nov 8, 2012