Patent ID: 8038363
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: B27F,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fastening system for panels comprising: at least one pair of oppositely disposed retaining profiles arranged on each of the panels; a first of the pair of retaining profiles arranged on a first edge of each of the panels; and a second of the pair of retaining profiles arranged on a second edge of each of the panels, the first edge being opposite the second edge on each of the panels; the first of the pair of retaining profiles having a first, hook element and the second of the pair of retaining profiles having a second hook element; the first hook element complementing the second hook element such that the first hook element on a first panel hooks directly and vertically into the second hook element on a second panel to fasten the first panel to the second panel; the first hook element having a first hook projection connected to the first edge of each of the panels by a first leg, the first leg projecting from an upper portion of the first edge of each of the panels, the first hook projection having an inclined retaining surface, such that the first hook projection is reduced from a distal end of the first hook projection to a proximal end of the first hook projection; the second hook element having a second hook projection connected to the second edge of each of the panels by a second leg, the second leg projecting from a lower portion of the second edge of each of the panels, the second hook projection having an inclined retaining surface, such that the second hook projection is reduced from a distal end of the second hook projection to a proximal end of the second hook projection; wherein, in a fastened position, the inclined retaining surface of the first hook projection of the first panel bears against the inclined retaining surface of the second hook projection of the second panel to fasten the first panel against the second panel so as to afford a gap-free floor surface; the distal end of the second hook projection of the second panel bears against the first leg of the first panel, and a space is provided between the distal end of the first hook projection of the first panel and the second leg of the second panel, the space extending vertically between the distal end of the first hook projection of the first panel and second leg of the second panel and extending horizontally between the proximal end of the second hook projection of the second panel and the second edge of the second panel.