Patent ID: 7757452

Claim:
A floorboard comprising: connecting means integrated with the floorboard and adapted to connect a first edge of the floorboard with a second edge of an essentially identical floorboard, wherein upper joint edges of said floorboard and said essentially identical floorboard in a connected state define a vertical plane, said connecting means adapted to connect said floorboard with said essentially identical floorboard in at least a horizontal direction perpendicular to said vertical plane, said connecting means comprising a locking strip which projects from said vertical plane and carries a locking element which is adapted to cooperate, in said connected state, with a downward open locking groove of said essentially identical floorboard, said locking strip is a separate part which is mechanically fixed to the floorboard in said horizontal direction and a vertical direction, wherein said locking strip is mechanically fixed to the floorboard at a joint by snapping-in, inward angling, or frictional forces, said locking strip comprising a strip tongue, said locking strip adapted for connecting the floorboard with the essentially identical floorboard by at least inward angling, such that when the second edge is pressed against an upper part of the first edge and is then angled down, the locking element can enter the locking groove, wherein the joint comprises a strip groove adapted to receive the strip tongue and wherein the strip groove is open in the horizontal direction, the strip groove adapted for retaining the strip tongue in the strip groove when the strip groove is arranged in connection to the strip tongue.