Patent ID: 6385936
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: E04F,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A floor tile with an edge profile on at least two opposite edges in a form of a modified groove and tongue joint to facilitate connecting of adjacent tiles, with a simultaneous arrangement consisting of a set of one groove and one tongue on each of at least two edges, of which the tongue on one edge of a first tile and the groove in an associated edge of a second tile rise obliquely upwards from a bottom of the tile, characterized in that the groove in the first tile is disposed directly above its tongue, and in that a bottom wall of this groove falls away towards a back end of the groove at the same angle as the tongue on the first tile rises, in that the top wall of the groove in the first tile runs essentially parallel to a plane of the tile, and in that the tongue on the second tile has a top surface that runs essentially parallel to the plane of the tile to match a shape of the groove in the first tile, and a bottom surface which falls away towards the end of tongue.