Multi thickness clips

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12448781-B2
Application number	US-202318202978-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2023
Priority date	May 30, 2022
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A set containing a first building element, a first building panel a second building panel and a coupling element for assembling the first building panel and the second building panel to the first building element. The coupling element has a locking portion configured to cooperate with a first mechanical locking device of a first edge or of a second edge of the first building element. The coupling element also has a connecting portion configured to cooperate with a second mechanical locking device of an edge of a building panel. The second mechanical locking device is configured for locking the first and second building panels and including a locking tongue and a tongue groove having a locking strip with an upper surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A set comprising a coupling element, a first building element, a first building panel and a second building panel, wherein the coupling element is configured for assembling the first building panel and the second building panel to the first building element,
wherein the coupling element comprises at least one locking portion protruding along a primary axis, wherein the locking portion is configured to cooperate with a first mechanical locking device of a first edge or of a second edge of the first building element, each extending along a secondary axis, to obtain an assembled state therewith by means of a folding displacement of the coupling element about the secondary axis to thereby lock the coupling element from displacement along a primary axis and a perpendicular tertiary axis each being orthogonal to the secondary axis;
wherein the coupling element comprises a connecting portion protruding in a direction along the tertiary axis and is configured to cooperate with a second mechanical locking device of a first edge of a first building panel or an opposite second edge of the second building panel,
wherein the second mechanical locking device is configured for locking the first and second building panels in a direction of the tertiary axis, the tertiary axis being transverse a plane of a front surface of the first and the second building panels by means of a folding displacement of the second building panel about the second edge of the second building panel,
wherein the second mechanical locking device comprises a locking tongue and a tongue groove, said tongue groove having a locking strip with an upper surface,
wherein the connecting portion comprises a first portion protruding along the tertiary axis and a contiguous second portion protruding along the secondary axis in the assembled state, said second portion configured to engage with a connecting surface of said first building panel, wherein the connecting surface of said first building panel is closer to a back surface of said first building panel than a point of the upper surface of the locking strip that is closest to the back surface.

2. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the second mechanical locking device comprises a locking groove and the locking strip comprises a locking element, wherein the locking groove is configured to cooperate with the locking element for a locking in a direction of the secondary axis.

3. The set according to claim 2 , wherein the locking strip comprises the connecting surface or the locking groove comprises the connecting surface.

4. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting surface is part of a shelf or a groove.

5. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the locking strip comprises a shelf, the shelf comprising the connecting surface.

6. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the locking groove comprises a groove, the groove comprising the connecting surface.

7. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the first portion protrudes into the locking groove in the assembled state.

8. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling element further comprises a protruding member configured to cooperate with the first building panel.

9. The set according to claim 8 , wherein at least a part of said protruding member is elastic.

10. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member is configured to, in the assembled state of the coupling element and the first building element, protrude from a primary plane of a front surface of the coupling element.

11. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member is configured to cooperate with a back surface of the first building panel.

12. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member is configured for relative positioning of at least a portion of the coupling element, and at least a portion of the first building panel.

13. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member is configured to, in the assembled state of the coupling element with the first building panel, bias against the back surface of the first building panel.

14. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member is configured to, in the assembled state of the coupling element with the first building panel, bias the connecting portion in a direction along the tertiary axis towards the first building panel.

15. The set according to claim 8 , wherein the protruding member is configured to bridge a play between a primary plane of a front surface of the coupling element and a back surface of the first building panel.

16. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member is configured to, in the assembled state of the coupling element with the first building panel, cooperate with a groove provided in the back surface of the first building panel to thereby lock or prevent the connecting portion and the first edge of the first building panel from parting away from each other in a direction along the secondary axis.

17. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member comprises a free portion that is displaceable relative the connecting portion.

18. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member comprises an attached portion and a free portion.

19. The set according to claim 8 , wherein said protruding member comprises a portion protruding along the secondary axis in a direction towards or away from the connecting portion, and from an attached portion to a free portion.

20. The set according to claim 8 , wherein at least one portion of said protruding member comprises means configured to facilitate friction.

Assignees

• Vaelinge Innovation Ab

Inventors

• Quist Karl

Classifications

• E04F13/0894

  with tongue and groove connections · CPC title

• E04F2201/0153

  by rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is parallel to the abutting edges, possibly combined with a sliding movement · CPC title

• E04F2201/023

  with a continuous tongue or groove · CPC title

• E04F2201/0523

  Separate tongues; Interlocking keys, e.g. joining mouldings of circular, square or rectangular shape · CPC title

• E04F13/0826 Primary

  engaging side grooves running along the whole length of the covering elements · CPC title