Floor panels with edge connectors

摘要

Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting apart of two coupled floor panels in a direction (R) perpendicular to the related edges and parallel to the underside of the coupled floor panels, and provide a snap-action coupling.

主权项

1. A floor panel for forming a floor covering, which is rectangular, i.e. elongated or square, and comprises a first pair of opposite sides and a second pair of opposite sides, wherein said floor panel, at said first pair of opposite sides as well as at said second pair of opposite sides, is provided with coupling parts, which, in a coupled condition of such floor panels, provide a locking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled floor panels;
wherein the coupling parts on said first pair of opposite sides are substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, and are provided with integrated mechanical locking means, which, in a coupled condition of such floor panels, by being provided with locking surfaces, prevent the drifting apart of the coupled floor panels into a direction perpendicular to the related sides and parallel to the plane of the coupled floor panels; wherein the coupling parts on said second pair of opposite sides are provided with locking means too, which, in a coupled condition of such floor panels, by being provided with locking surfaces, prevent the drifting apart of the coupled floor panels at least into a direction perpendicular to the related sides and parallel to the plane of the coupled floor panels; and wherein the coupling parts on said first and said second pair of opposite sides are configured such that, in a coupled condition of such floor panels, the cooperating locking surfaces on said second pair of opposite sides determine at least one tangent line, which forms an angle with an underside of the coupled floor panels, said angle being larger than any angle, formed by any tangent line determined by the cooperating locking surfaces on said first pair of opposite sides with the underside of the coupled floor panels, said angles being measured in cross-sections perpendicular to the respective pair of opposite sides.