Furniture panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10830268-B2
Application number	US-201414573572-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2014
Priority date	Jan 10, 2014
Publication date	Nov 10, 2020
Grant date	Nov 10, 2020

Abstract

A furniture panel is provided, in which a first element and a second element are mechanically locked together. A first tongue is provided at a first edge of the first element, the first tongue cooperating with a first tongue groove provided at a second edge of the second element for locking the first and second elements in a vertical direction, and a second tongue at the second edge of the second element, the second tongue cooperating with a second tongue groove at the first edge of the first element for locking the first and second elements in the vertical direction. A first pair of locking surfaces is provided above the second tongue and the second tongue groove for locking in a horizontal direction, and a second pair of locking surfaces is provided below the first tongue and the first tongue groove for locking in the horizontal direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A furniture panel comprising a first element and a second element which are configured to be locked together, wherein a first main plane of the first element is essentially parallel to a second main plane of the second element when the first element and the second element are locked together, wherein the furniture panel comprises a first face and an opposite second face which are parallel to a main plane of the furniture panel when the first element and the second element are locked together, and the first element and the second element are provided with a mechanical locking system, the mechanical locking system comprising:
a first tongue provided at a first edge of the first element, wherein the first tongue is configured to cooperate with a first tongue groove provided at a second edge of the second element for locking together the first element and the second element in a first direction perpendicular to the main plane of the furniture panel, at least a portion of the first tongue groove being spaced from the second face by a first lip extending from the second element along a second direction parallel to the main plane of the furniture panel;
a second tongue at the second edge of the second element, wherein the second tongue is configured to cooperate with a second tongue groove at the first edge of the first element for locking together the first element and the second element in the first direction, at least a portion of the second tongue groove being spaced from the first face by a second lip extending from the first element along the second direction;
a first pair of locking surfaces provided between (a) the second tongue and the second tongue groove and (b) the first face for locking together the first element and the second element in the second direction; and
a second pair of locking surfaces provided between (a) the first tongue and the first tongue groove and (b) the second face for locking together the first element and the second element in the second direction, wherein the second pair of locking surfaces is offset in the second direction from the first pair of locking surfaces.

2. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first pair of locking surfaces extends essentially in the first direction.

3. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second pair of locking surfaces extends essentially in the first direction.

4. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first tongue and the first tongue groove cooperate at a third pair of locking surfaces that is arranged essentially in the second direction.

5. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second tongue and the second tongue groove cooperate at a fourth pair of locking surfaces that is arranged at an angle greater than zero relative to an imaginary line extending in the second direction.

6. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the locking surfaces of the fourth pair contact each other along a contact portion extending at the angle greater than zero relative to the imaginary line extending in the second direction.

7. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a gap is provided between the first pair of locking surfaces and the second tongue when the first element and the second element are locked together.

8. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a second gap is provided between the first tongue and the second pair of locking surfaces when the first element and the second element are locked together.

9. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first direction is vertical and the second direction is horizontal.

10. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second tongue and the second tongue groove cooperate at a fourth pair of locking surfaces that is arranged at an angle greater than zero relative to an imaginary line extending in the second direction.

11. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the angle is configured so that the first element is locked to the second element by an angling motion of the first element relative to the second element or of the second element relative to the first element, wherein the first tongue is inserted in the first tongue groove.

12. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the angle is in a range of about 30° to about 60°.

13. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the locking surfaces of the fourth pair contact each other along a contact portion extending at the angle greater than zero relative to the imaginary line extending in the second direction.

14. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first space is provided in the first tongue groove between the first tongue and the first face in a locked state of the first element and the second element.

15. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a space is provided in the second tongue groove between the second tongue and the second face in a locked state of the first element and the second element.

16. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a core material of the first element and the second element comprises a wood fibre based board that is at least one of HDF, MDF, plywood, solid wood or particleboard, a plastic board and a wood fibre composite board.

17. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second element includes a protruding element at a distal end of the second edge, and a strip extending between the protruding element and the first tongue groove, the strip including a recess adjacent the protruding element.

18. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a gap is provided between the first pair of locking surfaces and the second tongue when the first element and the second element are locked together.

19. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a gap is provided between the first tongue and the second pair of locking surfaces when the first element and the second element are locked together.

20. The furniture panel as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first direction is vertical and the second direction is horizontal.

21. A furniture panel comprising a first element and a second element which are configured to be locked together, wherein a first main plane of the first element is essentially parallel to a second main plane of the second element when the first element and the second element are locked together, wherein the furniture panel comprises a first face and an opposite second face which are parallel to a main plane of the furniture panel when the first element and the second element are locked together, and the first element and the second element are provided with a mechanical locking system, the mechanical locking system comprising:
a first tongue provided at a first edge of the first element, wherein the first tongue is configured to cooperate with a first tongue groove provided at a second edge of the second element for locking together the first element and the second element in a first direction perpendicular to the main plane of the furniture panel;
a second tongue at the second edge of the second element, wherein the second tongue is configured to cooperate with a second tongue groove at the first edge of the first element for locking together the first element and the second element in the first direction;
a first pair of locking surfaces provided between (a) the second tongue and the second tongue groove and (b) the first face for locking together the first element and th

Assignees

• Valinge Innovation Ab

Inventors

• Boo Christian

Classifications

• A47B47/042

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• A47B2088/902

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• F16B2012/466

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• F16B12/46 Primary

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• Y10T403/7073

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