Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanical locking of floor panels with vertical snap folding
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Application No.: US15695437Application Date: 2017-09-05
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Publication No.: US10214917B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Darko Pervan , Marcus Nilsson Ståhl
- Applicant: Välinge Innovation AB
- Applicant Address: SE Viken
- Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
- Current Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Viken
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C.
- Main IPC: E04F15/02
- IPC: E04F15/02 ; E04F13/08 ; E04F15/10

Abstract:
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system on long and short edges allowing installation with vertical snap folding that could be accomplished automatically without tools and where the short edge locking system has a tongue made in one piece with the panel. The floor panels may have a first and a second connector at the long edges that are configured to obtain a minimum of friction facilitating a displacement, by a spring back force from the bending of a short edge locking strip, of a new panel in a horizontal direction along the long edge during the vertical snap folding action.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170362834A1 MECHANICAL LOCKING OF FLOOR PANELS WITH VERTICAL SNAP FOLDING Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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