Patent ID: 9422727
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: E04F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A panel comprising a rectangular oblong shape with at least a pair of long opposite edges and a pair of short opposite edges, wherein the pair of short opposite edges consists of a male edge and a female edge for bringing the panel and an adjacent similar panel in an assembled condition by joining the male edge of the panel by vertical assembly motion with the female edge of the adjacent similar panel, the male edge and the female edge comprising: wherein the pair of long opposite edges comprise a second male edge and a second female edge, comprising: wherein the tongue and groove at the long edges are configured such that they allow assembling two of such panels to each other at these edges by an angling movement; wherein the joining members at the short edges allow the joining at the short edges simultaneously with the angling movement at the long edges; wherein the polymer material is present at the location of the joint of the short edges in the assembled condition of a plurality of such panels at their long and short edges; wherein the polymer material comprises a portion that is present at the female edge at a location protruding distally from the corresponding upper panel edge; wherein said polymer is arranged at a proximal side of the female edge of the pair of short opposite edges, such that, at said proximal side, there is mainly one protrusion formed; and wherein the inclined upper cheek surface is outwardly inclined in an upward direction.