IP Library Granted Patent US 11,078,673
Granted Patent B2
US 11,078,673 · App. 16/713,357 · Granted Aug 3, 2021

Mechanical locking of floor panels

Inventors: Darko Pervan (Viken, SE); Niclas Hakansson (Viken, SE); Mattias Sjostrand (Angelholm, SE); Christian Boo (Kagerod, SE); Agne Palsson (Hasslarp, SE)
Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
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Patent No.
US 11,078,673
App. No.
16/713,357
Granted
Aug 3, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system comprising tongue and grooves provided with protrusions and cavities which are displaceable in relation to each other and configured such that the protrusions can obtain a vertically unlocked position where they match the cavities and a vertically locked position where the protrusions overlap each other.

Claims (9)

1. A set of floor panels provided with a locking system comprising a separate part in a first edge of a first floor panel and a groove in a second edge of a similar second floor panel,

wherein the separate part is configured to cooperate with the groove to lock the first edge of the first floor panel and the second edge of the second floor panel into a locked state in which the first and second edges are locked horizontally adjacent to one another, the first and second edges extending in a longitudinal direction,

wherein the separate part is positioned in a displacement groove and is configured to turn during locking,

wherein the separate part comprises a turning extension which, in the locked state, is positioned outside the displacement groove and extends beyond a longitudinal end of the first edge when viewed in a direction orthogonal to a horizontal plane, and

wherein the turning extension is configured to turn the separate part during locking when the first floor panel and the second floor panel are positioned in a same plane to obtain the locked state.

2. The set of floor panels as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the turning extension is at an outer edge of the separate part.

3. The set of floor panels as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first edge of the first floor panel is a short edge and the turning extension is positioned at an adjacent long edge of the first floor panel.

4. The set of floor panels as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first edge of the first floor panel comprises a locking strip with an upwardly directed locking element which is configured to cooperate with a downwardly open locking groove at the second edge of the second floor panel for locking the first edge of the first floor panel and the second edge of the second floor panel in a horizontal direction.

5. The set of floor panels as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the turning extension, in the locked state, is positioned outside the locking strip and extends beyond a longitudinal end of the locking strip when viewed in the direction orthogonal to the horizontal plane.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: PERVAN, DARKO; HÅKANSSON, NICLAS; SJÖSTRAND, MATTIAS; BOO, CHRISTIAN; PÅLSSON, AGNE
To: VÄLINGE INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
Reel/Frame 056088/0867 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: CERALOC INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
To: VÄLINGE INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
Reel/Frame 056089/0179 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: VÄLINGE INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
To: VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB
Reel/Frame 056089/0260 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: VÄLINGE INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
To: CERALOC INNOVATION BELGIUM BVBA
Reel/Frame 056099/0101 →
Priority Claims (2)
SE 0800242-0 · Jan 31, 2008 · national
SE 0800995-3 · May 5, 2008 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 15989372 · May 25, 2018
Continuation 15133735 · Apr 20, 2016
Continuation 14095052 · Dec 3, 2013
Continuation 12865136
Provisional Application 61050443 · May 5, 2008
Provisional Application 61006780 · Jan 31, 2008
Related Publication 20200354969A1 · Nov 12, 2020
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