Patent ID: 9476208
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: E04F,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A floor panel assembly comprising sheet-shaped floor panels, which floor panels are provided with edges, a lower side and an upper side, whereby the floor panels are intended to be joined by means of joining members, each floor panel being provided on at least a first edge with a first joining member and, on a second edge, with a second joining member, the first and second joining members being adapted to be joined by a movement of two panels with their first and second panel edges towards to each other such that in the joined position the panels meet each other near their upper side along a seam, the first and second joining members locking the panels at the adjacent edges at least in a direction perpendicular to the upper side and in a direction parallel to the upper side but perpendicular to the adjacent first and second edges in their joined position, the first and second joining members being provided with at least one locking element which is deformable and/or movable, during said joining, from a first position allowing the first and second joining members to be joined, to a second position in which it locks the first and second joining members to each other, wherein the locking element is provided on one of the first and second joining members and comprises a first locking surface co-operating with a second locking surface on the other of said first and second joining members, said locking element having a tongue on one end bearing said first locking surface and a control portion near the other end as well as a connecting portion between them, said connecting portion being slidably accommodated in a channel and is pushed towards a first end of the channel when the locking element is moved and/or deformed from the first to the second position by means of the control portion extending from an opposite end of the channel for co-operation with the other of said first and second joining members, wherein the control portion of the locking element has a control surface, such that it is configured to co-operate with a control surface of the other of said first and second joining members to move the tongue of the locking element from the first to the second position.