Patent ID: 11933055
Assignee: UNILIN BV
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  Y | IPC E

Claim 2:
3. The floor element of claim 1, wherein the floor element is rectangular and the first pair of opposite sides is located on a first pair of short sides of the floor element and a second pair of opposite sides is located on a first pair of long sides of the floor element and wherein one side of the second pair of opposite sides comprises a third coupling part and the other side of the second pair of opposite sides comprises a fourth coupling part;
wherein the third coupling part comprises a male coupling part and the fourth coupling part comprises a female coupling part, and wherein the third coupling part and the fourth coupling part are provided with vertically active locking portions, arranged such that the third and fourth coupling parts cooperate with corresponding coupling parts of another floor element and, when as coupled to the another floor element, effect a locking in a vertical direction, perpendicular to a plane of the floor covering,
wherein the third coupling part and the fourth coupling part comprise horizontally active locking portions, arranged such that the third and fourth coupling parts cooperate with the corresponding coupling parts of the another floor element and, when as coupled to the another floor element, effect a locking in a horizontal direction, perpendicular to the second pair of opposite sides and in the plane of the floor covering.