Building panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12345053-B2
Application number	US-202017642348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2020
Priority date	Sep 24, 2019
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

Building panels, such as a floor panels or wall panels. The panels including a first mechanical locking system at respective parallel and opposite third and fourth edges, such as long edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking between two adjacent building panels, preferably by means of a folding motion. The panels further including a second locking system at respective parallel and opposite first and second edges, such as short edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking of two adjacent building panels. An upper edge portion of one of the third edge or fourth edge, preferably the third edge, includes a first lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a first upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the third and fourth edge of an adjacent panel when the third and fourth edges are arranged in locking engagement.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A set of similar or essentially identical building panels, comprising:
a first mechanical locking system at respective parallel and opposite third and fourth edges being long edges of the panel, the first mechanical locking system configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking between two adjacent building panels, and
a second locking system at respective parallel and opposite first and second edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking of two adjacent building panels,
wherein an upper edge portion of one of the third edge or fourth edge, comprises a first lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a first upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the third and fourth edge of an adjacent panel when said third and fourth edges are assembled in locking position,
wherein an upper edge portion of one of the first or the second edge comprises a second lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a second upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the first and second edge of an adjacent panel when said first and second edges are assembled in locking position,
wherein the first lower lip portion is disposed in a first plane and the second lower lip portion is disposed in a second plane being displaced from the first plane,
wherein the first mechanical locking system includes a tongue and groove and is configured to be assembled by an angling movement of the tongue relative to the groove, wherein a bottommost surface of the tongue is spaced from a bottommost plane of the building panels, and wherein the first upper lip portion faces and is spaced from the tongue,
wherein the first lower lip portion and the second lower lip portion each comprise a respective planar horizontal surface.

2. The set according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upper lip portions comprises a respective planar horizontal surface.

3. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the first upper lip portion is configured to bear on the first lower lip portion when adjacent panels are assembled in locking position by the first locking system.

4. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the second upper lip portion is configured to bear on the second lower lip portion when adjacent panels are assembled in locking position by the second locking system.

5. The set according to claim 1 , wherein said upper edge portion of the second edge and/or fourth edge each comprises a vertically extending edge portion extending from the front surface followed by a contiguous bend inwards towards a centre of the panel.

6. The set according to claim 5 , wherein said bend comprises a right-angle bend.

7. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the panel comprises a surface layer, said surface layer comprising a binder.

8. The set according to claim 7 , wherein said binder has a penetration depth into a core of the panel in a direction transverse a front surface.

9. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said penetration depth extends to and including at least part of the lip portions.

10. The set according to claim 1 , wherein at least one pocket is formed adjacent the first and/or second lower lip portion between the third edge of a panel and the fourth edge of adjacent panels or between the first edge of a panel and the second edge of an adjacent panel when the panels are configured in assembled position, said pocket configured to receive a sealant.

11. The set as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said pocket is configured to distribute said sealant between said third and fourth edge or first edge and second edge in response to said assembling of said panels.

12. The set as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tongue extends to a horizontal outermost end of one of the building panels.

13. A set of similar or essentially identical building panels, comprising:
a first mechanical locking system at respective parallel and opposite third and fourth edges being long edges of the panel, the first mechanical locking system configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking between two adjacent building panels, and
a second locking system at respective parallel and opposite first and second edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking of two adjacent building panels,
wherein an upper edge portion of one of the third edge or fourth edge, comprises a first lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a first upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the third and fourth edge of an adjacent panel when said third and fourth edges are assembled in locking position,
wherein an upper edge portion of one of the first or the second edge comprises a second lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a second upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the first and second edge of an adjacent panel when said first and second edges are assembled in locking position,
wherein the first lower lip portion is disposed in a first plane and the second lower lip portion is disposed in a second plane being displaced from the first plane,
wherein the first mechanical locking system includes a tongue and groove and is configured to be assembled by an angling movement of the tongue relative to the groove, wherein a bottommost surface of the tongue is spaced from a bottommost plane of the building panels, and wherein the first upper lip portion faces and is spaced from the tongue,
wherein the first plane is disposed 0.2 to 2 mm below the second plane.

14. The set according to claim 13 , wherein the first plane is disposed 0.2 to 0.5 mm below the second plane.

15. The set according to claim 14 , wherein the thickness of the panel is in the range of 4 to 6 mm.

16. The set according to claim 13 , wherein the thickness of the panel is at least 7 mm.

17. A set of similar or essentially identical building panels, comprising:
a first mechanical locking system at respective parallel and opposite third and fourth edges being long edges of the panel, the first mechanical locking system configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking between two adjacent building panels, and
a second locking system at respective parallel and opposite first and second edges, configured to cooperate for horizontal and vertical locking of two adjacent building panels,
wherein an upper edge portion of one of the third edge or fourth edge, comprises a first lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a first upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the third and fourth edge of an adjacent panel when said third and fourth edges are assembled in locking position,
wherein an upper edge portion of one of the first or the second edge comprises a second lower lip portion configured to cooperate with a second upper lip portion of an upper edge portion of the other of the first and second edge of an adjacent panel when said first and second edges are assembled in locking position,
wherein the first lower lip portion is disposed in a first plane and the second lower lip portion is disposed in a second plane being displaced from the first plane,
wherein the first mechanical locking system includes a tongue and groove and is configured to be assembled by an angling movement of the tongue relative to the groove, wherein a bottommost surface of the tongue is spaced from a bottommost plane of the building panels, and wherein the first upper lip portion faces and is spaced from the tongue,
wherein the second locking system comprises a flexible locking tongue and a tongue groove, wherein the flexible locking tongue

Assignees

• Vaelinge Innovation Ab

Inventors

• Ylikangas Roger
• Nilsson Anders
• Quist Karl

Classifications

• E04F13/0889

  characterised by the joints between neighbouring elements, e.g. with joint fillings or with tongue and groove connections · CPC title

• E04F15/04

  only of wood {or with a top layer of wood}, e.g. with wooden {or metal} connecting members (rollable parquet E04F15/16) · CPC title

• E04F15/02005 Primary

  Construction of joints, e.g. dividing strips (E04F15/024, E04F15/04, E04F15/06, E04F15/10 and E04F15/14 take precedence; separate provisional spacers E04F21/0092) · CPC title

• E04F2201/0547

  adapted to be moved perpendicular to the joint edge · CPC title

• E04F2201/043

  with tongues and grooves being formed by projecting or recessed parts of the panel layers · CPC title