Patent ID: 6526719
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
A panel connection, particularly for flooring panels, comprising:a first panel (1) having a first side edge (3), the first side edge (3) having an upper lip (30) and a lower lip (31) forming a groove (34) that extends parallel to the first side edge (3), the groove (34) having a first surface (17) on the lower lip (31) extending at an upward incline away from the inside of groove (34) towards a first top side (5) of the first panel (3), the groove (34) also having a second surface (12) on the upper lip (30) extending substantially parallel to the first top side (5), the second surface (12) completely covering the first surface (17), the groove (34) further having a third surface (14) on the upper lip (30) and a fourth surface (15) on the lower lip (31) both extending substantially parallel to the first top side (5); and a second panel (2) having a second side edge (4) having a tongue (32) extending parallel to the second side edge (4), the tongue (32) having an interlocking element (33) embodied therein and having a fifth surface (27) extending at an upward incline toward a second top side (9) of the second panel (2), the tongue (32) also having a sixth surface (22) forming a top thereof and extending parallel to the second top side (9), the tongue (32) further having a seventh surface (24) and an eighth surface (25) both extending substantially parallel to the second top side (9) substantially near a distal end of the tongue (32); wherein, in an interlocked state of connection: the second and sixth surfaces (12, 22) rest against one another and the first and fifth surfaces (17, 27) rest against one another to keep a first end surface (11) of the upper lip (30) in contact with a second end surface (21) of the second side edge (4), the third and seventh surfaces (14, 24) rest against one another, and the fourth and eighth surfaces (15, 25) rest against one another.