Patent ID: 8997430
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: E04F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A floor panel assembly comprising: sheet-shaped floor panels having edges, a lower side and an upper side, 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 of two adjacent panels configured to be joined by a movement of the two adjacent panels with their first and second edges towards each other such that in a joined position the two adjacent panels meet each other near their upper side along a scam, the first and second joining members locking the two adjacent panels at adjacent first and second 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; and at least one locking element which 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, wherein the locking surface of the locking element is movable from a first position allowing the first and second joining members to be joined, to a second position in which the locking surface locks the first and second joining members to each other, said locking clement having a locking portion on one end bearing said first locking surface and a control portion near a second end as well as a connecting portion between the locking portion and the control portion, said connecting portion being slidably accommodated in a channel and is pushed towards a first end of the channel when the locking surface is moved from the first to the second position by a movement 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 first and second joining members arc configured as a male and female joining member, the locking element being connected to the male joining member.