| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 052582200 | Includes lock or latch mechanism | 15 |
| 20130042563 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Building panels, especially floor panels are shown, which are provided with a locking system including several separate strip parts connected to the panel edge. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20110192107 | BUILDING PANEL AND LOCKING DEVICE THEREFOR - A concrete component connecting system includes first and second precast components ( | 08-11-2011 |
| 20130042562 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking systems on short edges including a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20100043333 | PANEL AND FLOOR COVERING - A panel with a working surface and four edges of which oppositely disposed pairs of edges have corresponding holding profiles so similar panels are connectable. Holding profiles of a first pair of edges are connectable by angular movement into interlocking relationship Holding profiles of a second pair of edges are hook elements, which are connectable to similar adjacent panels by joining movement provided a hook element is a separate vertical locking element projecting toward joining movement of the hook elements. During joining, the vertical locking element is movable out of the path of joining movement and when hooked, the hook elements are movable toward the joining movement by spring action. When dismantling, connected panels are unlockable from hooked and vertically locked condition by pivoting about an axis near the hooked edges and toward an unlocking position. The working surfaces, when unlocked, are less than 180° relative to each other. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110271631 | SET OF PANELS - The invention relates to a set of panels, in particular floor panels, comprising a first panel and at least a second panel, wherein the panels are respectively provided with a first edge and with a second edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge are configured to establish a connection between the first and the second panel, the first edge has a lower lip with a step, the second edge has a downwardly open locking groove, which in a connected state of the panels cooperates with the step and ensures a positive-fit connection in a first direction, which lies in a plane of laying, the connection can be established by a relative movement of the panels with respect to each other, perpendicular to, the plane of laying, and wherein a separate clip is provided, which is attached to the first edge or the second edge and has a moveable clip head, which in the connected state of the panels cooperates with a locking surface on the second edge or the first edge, respectively, in order to lock the panels vertically relative to the plane of laying. The panels are characterized in that the clip head, in a locking position, exerts a force on, the locking surface, which urges the second edge of the second panel against the lower lip of the first edge of the first panel, wherein the locking position lies between an undeformed initial position and an assembly position, in which the clip is maximally deformed when the profiles are connected. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110271632 | FLOOR PANEL - Floor panel, which, at least at two opposite sides, includes coupling parts with which two of such floor panels can be coupled to each other; wherein these coupling parts form a horizontally active locking system and a vertically active locking system; wherein the horizontally active locking system comprises a male part in the form of a downwardly directed projection and a female part with a seat open towards the top, which have horizontally active locking surfaces; and wherein the vertically active locking system includes a vertically active locking element, which forms part of an insertion piece provided in the female part; wherein the insertion piece is formed at least of the combination of a bottom part; a back part adjoining thereto and an elastically movable lock-up body directed downward with a free extremity, which lock-up body, by means of a hinge portion, is connected directly or indirectly to the back part. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20100319290 | MECHANICAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR FLOOR PANELS - Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a bevelled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20120023856 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GROUNDED PANELS AND PANEL - A method for the production of grounded panels and to a panel having a core made from a wood material board. The method includes provision of a wood material board, application of a grounding in the form of a synthetic resin layer to at least one topside of the wood material board, application of a coating to an underside, lying opposite the topside of the wood material board, of the wood material board, pressing of the layer build-up consisting of the wood material board, grounding and coating under the influence of pressure and, if appropriate, temperature, division of the grounded and coated wood material board into individual panels, cutting machining of side faces of the panels for the incorporation of connection and locking means, and transport-safe packaging of the grounded panels. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20100139199 | Wedge set, especially for use in fastening floor joists - A wedge set for use in fastening floor joists consists of two interslidable wedge members ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100064619 | COMBINATIVE PARTITION WALL - A combinative partition wall includes a column body, a first partition, a second partition and a plurality of separably connecting mechanisms. According to the invention, the column body is formed with grooves and the first partition arranged to one side of the column body includes a first plate body and a first block that is fixed to the first plate body and is inset into the groove correspondingly. In the meantime, the second partition arranged to one side of the column body and interspaced to the first partition in a row includes a second plate body and a second block that is fixed to the second plate and inset into the groove correspondingly. One of the separably connecting mechanisms is fixed between the column body and the first plate body, while another separably connection mechanism is fixed between the column body and the second plate body. Thereby, the first partition and the second partition can be inter-assembled or disassembled into or from the column body with different manners according to practical requirement, enhancing the practicability and convenience of the invention. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110173914 | SET OF PANELS COMPRISING RETAINING PROFILES WITH A SEPARATE CLIP AND METHOD FOR INSERTING THE CLIP - The invention relates to a set of panels, preferably of floor panels, consisting of a first panel and at least a second panel with, in each case, a top side and an underside, wherein the first panel comprises at an edge a first retaining profile with a hook directed towards the top side, the second panel comprises at an edge a second retaining profile with a hook directed towards the underside, the first retaining profile and the second retaining profile can be connected by a relative movement directed perpendicular to a plane of laying, and wherein a separate clip is provided, which comprises a clip head, a clip body and a clip base. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for inserting the clip into a retaining profile. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20090301021 | Interlocking panel system - A system is provided having a number of interlocking panels for constructing a building. Each of the panels has a linear concave member protruding from a first surface and a linear convex member protruding from a second surface. The convex member is configured to slide linearly into the concave member and become locked therein against separation in a direction perpendicular to the line of sliding. The convex member is positioned adjacent to a first edge of each panel and the concave member is positioned adjacent to a second edge of each panel in a manner that when assembled, a first assembled panel is offset from a second assembled panel, creating a lapped series. The panels additionally have holes for being fastened to a building frame. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20120304579 | Removable Mid-Section Production Floorboard - A removable flooring system includes modular floorboard panels having one or more latches, placed on longitudinal support structures having mating locking disks, so that the floorboard panels can be readily secured to the longitudinal support structure. In one embodiment, the floorboard panel comprises a top skin, a frame, and a bottom skin. Two latches may be located in the panel, where each latches comprise a latch handle, a moveable cam, and a board disk. The locking disk is affixed to the longitudinal support structure, and is designed to receive the board disk. The latch can be rotated so the cam readily engages and disengages with the locking disk. To use the system, a plurality of longitudinal support structures are placed in a plane, and a plurality of floorboard panels are placed over the longitudinal support structure, and affixed by rotating the cam in the latch. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120055112 | SET OF PANELS, IN PARTICULAR FLOOR PANELS - The invention refers to a set of panels, comprising a first panel having a lateral edge on which a first retaining profile is disposed, at least one second panel having a lateral edge on which a second retaining profile is disposed, which can be joined to the first retaining profile, wherein the panels are joined positively along the lateral edges by the retaining profiles in a direction parallel to a laying plane and in a direction perpendicular to the laying plane in the joined and laid state of the panels, a separate locking element associated with the first retaining profile which, during joining of the retaining profiles, moves from an assembly position into a locking position, wherein in a locking position the locking element ensures form closure at least in a direction perpendicular or parallel to the laying plane by a locking projection of the locking element engaging in a locking recess provided on the second retaining profile. The invention is characterised in that the first retaining profile and/or the locking element have retarding means which, on transition from the assembly position into the locking position, retard a movement of the locking projection in such a manner that a deformation stress is built up in the locking element during joining of the retaining profiles without the locking projection thereby resting on a surface of the second retaining profile. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120151865 | MECHANICAL LOCKING OF BUILDING PANELS - Building panels ( | 06-21-2012 |
