Patent ID: 8302361
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: E04F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A panel comprising a core made of wood material or a wood material/plastic mixture, a top side and a bottom side, the panel further including on at least two opposite lateral edges a profiling corresponding to one another such that two identical panels can be connected and locked to one another by an essentially vertical joining motion in a horizontal and vertical direction, the locking in the vertical direction can be brought about by at least one tongue element movable in the horizontal direction, which snaps into place during the joining motion behind a locking edge extending essentially in the horizontal direction, the tongue element being formed in one piece out of the core at a first lateral edge and is free with respect to the core in a direction of the top side and in a direction of a second lateral edge opposite to the first lateral edge, and connected to the core on at least one of its two longitudinal ends.