Patent ID: 8046968
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: E04B,E04C,E04F

Abstract:
1. A floor, comprising: individual floor panels of multi-layer construction each comprising a pressure-resistant and wear-resistant upper layer and a pressure-resistant lower layer attachhed to said upper layer, said lower layer including horizontal grooves at vertical edges thereof; fastening rails being fixed in said horizontal grooves, said fastening rails including horizontal reception grooves each which includes undercuts at upper and lower inner surfaces thereof; connecting strips each including horizontal legs which are formed elastically by provision of a horizontal slot extending between a pair of leg segments which define each of said horizontal legs, said leg segments including thickened portions thereon which are vertically extended from a remainder of said leg segments in opposed directions, said thickened portions being configured to engage said undercuts at said upper and lower inner surfaces of the horizontal reception grooves of said fastening rails for providing a positive, but detachable connection with adjacent ones of said individual floor panels, said adjacent ones of said individual floor panels being thereby connectable together by a shared one of said connecting strips; and connecting elements for connecting corner regions of directly adjacent ones of said individual floor panels, the connecting elements being located below said individual floor panels and including vertical disposed first legs, each one of said first legs engaging with a corresponding material gap in an undersurface of the lower layer of at least one of said directly adjacent ones of said individual floor panels.