Panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10458124-B2
Application number	US-201615746639-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2016
Priority date	Jul 22, 2015
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

A panel having a panel upper side and a panel lower side and at least two opposing panel edges, which have each an edge break on the panel upper side, the edge breaks forming in the connected state a joint in a covering surface. The edge break of one of the panel edges is formed larger than the edge break of the opposing panel edge, and a lower part of the large edge break of the one panel edge is overlapped in the connected state by the small edge break of the opposing panel edge.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A panel, comprising: a panel top side; a panel underside; and at least two mutually opposite panel edges, which respectively have an edge break formed as a bevel at the panel top side, wherein the edge breaks in a connected condition together form a joint in a covering surface, wherein a first of the edge breaks is at one of the panel edges and is larger than a second of the edge breaks that is at the opposite panel edge, and wherein a lower part of the first, larger edge break of the one panel edge in the connected condition is overlapped by the second edge break of the opposite panel edge, wherein the panel edge with the first, larger edge break has a projection with a free end that is rounded in cross-section, wherein the opposite panel edge has a recess that is rounded to match the projection so that in the connected condition the projection is engaged in the recess of an adjacent panel so that the panel edges are centered relative to one another and the panels are locked against movement in a direction perpendicular to the panel edges.

2. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein a panel edge has an undercut contour having a lateral projection in an upper region near the panel top side and the second edge break is disposed upwardly at the lateral projection of said contour.

3. The panel according to claim 2 , wherein the lateral projection of the contour has a locking surface directed towards a panel underside.

4. The panel according to claim 2 , wherein a set-back butting surface is provided between a panel underside and the lateral projection.

5. The panel according to claim 2 , wherein that panel edge with the lateral projection has a lower edge break which is equal to or larger than the lower edge break of the complementary panel edge.

6. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein mutually opposite panel edges each have a lower edge break at a panel underside.

7. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the panel underside is an adhesive underside.

8. A method of adhesively bonding a panel according to claim 1 , comprising the step of applying adhesive to the panel underside so that an edge region of the panel underside remains free of adhesive.

9. A method according to claim 8 , wherein when the panel is pressed against a substrate, adhesive flows to the edge region of the panel underside and in part passes between the panel edges.

Assignees

• Akzenta Paneele Profile Gmbh

Inventors

• Loebel Arne
• Schäfers Erich

Classifications

• E04F15/02038

  characterised by tongue and groove connections between neighbouring flooring elements · CPC title

• E04F15/02033 Primary

  Joints with beveled or recessed upper edges · CPC title

• E04F13/0894

  with tongue and groove connections · CPC title

• E04F2201/0107

  by moving the sheets, plates or panels substantially in their own plane, perpendicular to the abutting edges · CPC title

• E04F15/181

  Insulating layers integrally formed with the flooring or the flooring elements · CPC title