IP Library Granted Patent US 10,876,563
Granted Patent B2
US 10,876,563 · App. 15/646,714 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Assembled product and a method of assembling the product

Inventors: Peter Derelöv (Helsingborg, SE); Hans Brännström (Höganäs, SE); Agne Pålsson (Hasslarp, SE)
Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
F16B12/46A47B47/042F16B12/125F16B2012/466Y10T29/49826Y10T403/7073
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Patent No.
US 10,876,563
App. No.
15/646,714
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembled product, such as an assembled product, such as a furniture component or a furniture, such as a drawer, a cupboard, bookshelves, a wardrobe, a kitchen fixture, or a box for storing or transporting including at least three panels arranged in three different planes. Also, a set of panels for an assembled product and a method of assembling the product.

Claims (12)

1. A set of panels for an assembled product, wherein the set of panels is provided with one or more locking devices, each locking device comprises a flexible tongue arranged in an insertion groove at an edge of a panel, said flexible tongue cooperates with a tongue groove at an adjacent edge of an adjacent panel, for locking the panel and the adjacent panel together, wherein the locking device is configured such that the edge and the adjacent edge may be connected by hand, the set of panels comprises at least four frame panels that are configured to be connected together at adjacent edges by at least one of said locking devices to obtain a frame having at least four walls that form a rectangle or a square around a perimeter of the frame, wherein the frame comprising a back edge and a bottom edge, where the back edge and the bottom edge each comprise at least one of the locking devices, wherein the set of panels comprises a fifth panel, which is configured to be connected to each of the one or more locking devices at the back edge and the bottom edge, respectively, of the frame.

2. The assembled product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the panels are wood fibre based boards.

3. The assembled product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the panels are HDF boards, particleboard or solid wood board.

4. The assembled product as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the panels comprise a decorative layer.

5. The assembled product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the assembled product is a furniture component or a furniture.

6. The assembled product as claimed in claim 1 , wherein fifth panel is a back piece which increases the strength of the assembled product.

7. The set of panels as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the locking devices comprises an edge section groove at the panel or at the adjacent panel, wherein an edge section of the other of the panel or the adjacent panel cooperate with said edge groove for locking the panel and the adjacent panel together, wherein the flexible tongue and the tongue groove cooperate for locking the panel and the adjacent panel together in a first direction and the edge section and the edge section groove cooperate for locking the panel and the adjacent panel together in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction.

8. The set of panels as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the edge section is provided with a calibrating groove.

9. The set of panels as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the assembled product is a furniture component or a furniture product.

10. The set of panels as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insertion groove, of at least one of said locking devices, extends along essentially the entire length of the edge of the panel.

11. The set of panels as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tongue groove, at the adjacent edge of the adjacent panel, extends along essentially the entire length of the adjacent edge of the adjacent panel.

12. The set of panels as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flexible tongue is configured to be displaceable in the insertion groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2017
From: DERELOV, PETER; BRANNSTROM, HANS; PALSSON, AGNE
To: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
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Priority Claims (4)
SE 1351060 · Sep 16, 2013 · national
SE 1450018 · Jan 10, 2014 · national
SE 1450022 · Jan 10, 2014 · national
SE 1450034 · Jan 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14158165 · Jan 17, 2014
Related Publication 20180087552A1 · Mar 29, 2018
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