The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Stefan Pletzer, Fieberbrunn, AT;
Martin Steinwender, Perchtoldsdorf, AT;
Jürgen Weber, Ense, DE;
E.F.P. Floor Products GmbH, Tirol, AT;
Abstract
A panel connection, particularly for flooring panels, having a groove ( ) that is embodied at a side edge ( ); a tongue ( ) that is embodied at a side edge ( ); a depression ( ) that is embodied in the groove ( ) and has an interlocking surface ( ); an interlocking element ( ) that is embodied at the tongue ( ) and has an interlocking surface ( ); and fitting surfaces ( ), which are embodied in the groove ( ) and at the tongue ( ) and serve as abutments for the interlocking surfaces ( ). The properties of interlocking and orientation stability are improved in that the groove ( ) has fitting surfaces ( ), which extend parallel to the top side ( ), in the region of the groove bottom ( ), and the tongue ( ) has fitting surfaces ( ), which extend parallel to the top side ( ), in the region of the end surface ( ), with the fitting surfaces ( ) resting against one another in the interlocked state of the connection.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile