Patent ID: 7458190

Claim:
An extruded connecting profile for two panels having peripheral edges, said connecting profile comprising: a first frame element having a front side and an opposite rear side, said front side being shaped for engaging a peripheral edge with chamfered edges of a first panel of said two panels; a second frame element having a front side and an opposite rear side, said front side being shaped for engaging a peripheral edge with chamfered edges of a second panel of said two panels, which is adjacent to said peripheral edge of said first panel; and an elastic structure extending between said first and second frame elements, said elastic structure being co-extruded with said first and second frame elements and consisting of a material having a higher elasticity than the material of said first and second frame elements, and said elastic structure comprising two transverse webs, each of them joining said rear side of said first frame element to said rear side of said second frame element; wherein said first and second frame elements are essentially parallel to each other; each of said first and second frame elements has a pair of longitudinal profiled border elements, said profiled border elements each defining an oblique border surface on said front sides, so that said front sides are adapted to engage said chamfered corners; and each of said profiled border elements comprises a lip protruding on the rear side of said first frame element and said second frame element respectively.