Patent ID: 9538842
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A47B,E04B,E04F,F16B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A set of furniture components formed as rectangular panels comprising a first panel and a second panel, an edge of the second panel is essentially perpendicularly insertable into a groove of the first panel, to obtain a mechanical lock between the first panel and the second panel, the second panel being displaceable essentially perpendicularly to the first panel, wherein: the edge of said second panel comprises a tongue groove and the groove of the first panel comprises a separate and flexible tongue; the separate and flexible tongue is insertable into the tongue groove for connecting the panels to each other in a first direction, which is perpendicular to a main plane of the first panel; the edge of the second panel is configured to cooperate with the groove of the first panel for locking the panels to each other in a second direction, which is parallel to a main plane of the first panel; a length direction of the separate and flexible tongue extends parallel with at least one of the edge and the groove; the groove comprises an opening, two side walls and a bottom; the separate and flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove; the separate and flexible tongue has an inner part mounted in the insertion groove and an outer part extending outside an opening of the insertion groove; and the separate and flexible tongue is displaceable inwardly towards a bottom of the insertion groove and outwardly into the tongue groove during locking, wherein the insertion groove is inclined upwards with the opening of the insertion groove closer to the main plane of the first panel than an inner part of the insertion groove.