Patent ID: 7716896

Claim:
A flooring, which comprises rectangular floorboards for providing a patterned floating flooring, said floorboards being provided, along opposing long edges, with integrated first and second connecting means for locking together one floorboard with a second floorboard, such that upper edge portions of said floorboard and said second floorboard, in a joined state, together define a vertical plane, whereby said first connecting means comprise an upwardly projecting locking element on one long edge cooperating with a locking groove on the other long edge of the second floorboard for locking together said floorboard and said second floorboard in a horizontal plane, perpendicular to said vertical plane, and whereby said second connecting means comprise a tongue and a groove for locking together said floorboard and said second floorboard in a vertical direction, perpendicular to a main plane of said floorboards, wherein: a long edge of said floorboards has a bevel at an upwardly facing top surface of upper joint edges, a short edge of said floorboards has a length not exceeding 10 cm, there is a joint gap between upper vertical edges of the upper joint edges of said floorboard and said second floorboard, and the short edge has a locking system, which locks horizontally.