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FLOOR ELEMENT, LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR ELEMENTS, FLOOR COVERING AND METHOD FOR COMPOSING SUCH FLOOR ELEMENTS TO A FLOOR COVERING

  • US 20170089078A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2016
  • Published: 03/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A floor panel, wherein this floor panel is rectangular and comprises a pair of opposite long sides and a pair of opposite short sides,wherein the long sides are provided with coupling parts for mutually coupling this floor element to a similar floor panel by means of an angling movement,wherein these long side coupling parts, in the coupled condition of this floor panel with the similar floor panel, effect a locking in a first direction, perpendicular to the plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a second direction, in the plane of the coupled panels and perpendicular to the respective coupled sides,wherein the long side coupling parts are made as a tongue, at one of the long sides, and a groove, at the other of the long sides, the groove being bordered by an upper lip and a lower lip, and comprise locking parts,wherein these locking parts comprise a locking part at the lower lip and a locking part at the underside of the tongue,wherein the long side coupling parts allow that coupled panels at the respective coupled sides can adopt at least two mutual orientations, namely, on the one hand, a first mutual orientation in which the upper surfaces of the panels are situated substantially in the same plane and, on the other hand, a second mutual orientation in which the upper surfaces of the panels enclose an angle (A2) of less than 180 degrees and in which the panels are still locked in said first and second direction,wherein this second mutual orientation can be adopted up to an angle (A2) enclosed by the upper surfaces of the panels of 175 degrees or less and,wherein the panels can be brought from the first to the second mutual orientation by a relative angling movement around the coupled sides.

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