Floor panels, floor covering composed thereof, and method for manufacturing such floor panels

摘要

Floor panel comprising coupling parts enabling two floor panels to adopt two or more different mutually locked positions (P1-P2) when coupled, wherein the two or more mutual positions (P1-P2) differ from each other in that they, at the coupled sides, define two or more different distances (S) between the upper side edges of the floor panels, and adapter elements are provided with the coupling parts, so that the use or non-use of these adapter elements enables setting the mutually locked position (P1-P2).

主权项

1. A floor panel comprising at least two opposite side edges and cooperating pairs of coupling parts at the two opposite side edges;
the panel including upper side edges terminating at or adjacent said opposite side edges; said coupling parts enabling two of such floor panels to be coupled by a pair of the coupling parts along one pair of the opposite side edges in two or more different mutually locked positions such that a locking against motion between the coupled panels is obtained in a vertical direction perpendicular to a principal plane of the floor panels, and in a horizontal direction parallel to the principal plane of the floor panels and perpendicular to the coupled side edges; wherein said two or more mutually locked positions differ from each other in that they define two or more different distances between upper side edges of coupled floor panels; and adapter elements associated with said coupling parts, so that the selective use and non-use of said adapter elements in a cooperating relationship with the coupling parts enables setting of the mutually locked position of the coupled panels at said two or more different mutually locked positions with varying distances between the panel upper edges, said setting defining the eventual position in which the coupled panels are locked relative to one another, wherein the adapter elements include a rigid portion such that in said eventual position the respective coupling parts are arranged for being prevented from further insertion into one, and wherein in each of said two or more different mutually locked positions, corresponding horizontally active contact surfaces lock the coupled panels relative to one another in the horizontal direction and prevent play in a first horizontal direction along the horizontal direction and prevent play in a second horizontal direction along the horizontal direction, the first horizontal direction being opposite from the second horizontal direction.