CA2734801C - Floor panel made of plastic having mechanical locking edges - Google Patents

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CA2734801C
CA2734801C CA2734801A CA2734801A CA2734801C CA 2734801 C CA2734801 C CA 2734801C CA 2734801 A CA2734801 A CA 2734801A CA 2734801 A CA2734801 A CA 2734801A CA 2734801 C CA2734801 C CA 2734801C
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Hans-Juergen Hannig
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00Flooring
    • E04F15/02Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00Flooring
    • E04F15/02Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02038Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements characterised by tongue and groove connections between neighbouring flooring elements
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00Flooring
    • E04F15/02Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02005Construction of joints, e.g. dividing strips
    • E04F15/02033Joints with beveled or recessed upper edges
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00Flooring
    • E04F15/02Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/04Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements only of wood or with a top layer of wood, e.g. with wooden or metal connecting members
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/01Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship
    • E04F2201/0138Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by moving the sheets, plates or panels perpendicular to the main plane
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04FFINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F2201/00Joining sheets or plates or panels
    • E04F2201/01Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship
    • E04F2201/0153Joining sheets, plates or panels with edges in abutting relationship by rotating the sheets, plates or panels around an axis which is parallel to the abutting edges, possibly combined with a sliding movement

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Abstract

The invention relates to a floor panel (1) comprising a carrier layer (2) comprising a plastic material that is pliable and elastic at an application temperature of the flooring, a decorative layer (3) being disposed above the carrier layer (2), complementary mechanical locking means (8, 9) being provided on at least two panel edges (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 11, 12), said locking means cooperating in the locked state of two floor panels (1) and counter-acting a moving apart of the floor panels (1), wherein at least one panel edge (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 11, 12) has an edge break-away point (4) at the edge of the decorative layer (3).

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Floor panel made of plastic having mechanical locking edges The invention relates to a floor panel comprising a carrier layer comprising a plastic material that is pliable and elastic at an application temperature of the flooring, a decorative layer being disposed above the carrier layer, complementary mechanical locking means being provided on at least two panel edges, said locking means cooperating in the locked state of the two floor panels and counteracting a moving-apart of the floor panels.

A floor panel of this kind is known from DE 199 44 399 Al.
It comprises a carrier layer of a plastic material that is pliable and yet largely resistant to dents. Hitherto, hard, rigid wood or wood-like materials have been used for the carrier layer, but in the known floor panel this material is replaced by a plastic material.

In floor panels which are made of compacted fiberboard and which include mechanical locking means, the quality and strength of the mechanical locking decrease with a decreasing thickness of the backing. Compared thereto, a
2 carrier layer made of a plastic material exhibits a higher strength. It is thus possible to fabricate floor panels that have a lower overall thickness than floor panels that comprise a carrier layer made of a wood fiber material.

A floor covering made up of floor panels of the described kind and essentially consisting of a plastic material is suitable for floating installation, i.e. the floor panels are supported loosely on the ground; an adhesive connection is omitted. Temperature fluctuations make the individual floor panels expand or shrink. The occurring forces burden the mechanical locking and can accordingly cause the floor panels to move apart thus forming a gap between the adjacent panel edges. Such gaps are considered to be unaesthetic in a floor covering. Moreover, the robustness of the surface of the floor suffers if such gaps are formed.

The invention is based on the object of providing a floor panel that allows the fabrication of aesthetically more appealing and also more durable floor coverings.

According to the invention, this object is achieved by at least one panel edge having an edge break-away point at the edge of the decorative layer. Preferably, all of the panel edges are provided with an edge break-away point according to the invention at the edge of the decorative layer. In the installed floor covering, the edge break-away point optically emphasizes the joint and thus serves as an aesthetic design medium. Moreover, the edge break-away
3 point provides protection of the panel edges. This largely avoids material breaking away from the panel edge.

For instance, the edge break-away point can be configured as a chamfer, radius or mortise. Preferably, the mortises are each formed as a stepped recess. Two assembled floor panels with the chamfer at the panel edges form a V-joint.
Two assembled panel edges with the mortise at the panel edges form a so-called shadow gap.

Preferably, a transparent wear protection layer is provided above the decorative layer. Within the wear protection layer abrasion-preventing particles can be provided, e.g.
corundum.

Below the carrier layer a counteracting layer can be provided. The same is particularly useful if other layers that introduce stress loads into the panel and thus cause distortion are provided above the carrier layer. In such a case, the counteracting layer provides for a balance so that the floor panel keeps or is given a flat shape.
Additionally, for improving dimensional stability, a reinforcement layer can be provided which includes for instance fiber-reinforced material such as fiber glass etc.
The reinforcement layer can be provided as at least one intermediate layer in a split carrier layer.

As a plastics material of the carrier layer, a material from the group of thermoplastic elastomers can be provided.
4 These are among others plastic materials based on polyolefin, polypropylene, polyurethane or polyamide.

On the other hand, as a plastic material of the carrier layer, a material from the group of amorphous elastomers can be provided. But considering that the same exhibit a natural hardness and brittleness, amorphous elastomers of the type containing a plasticizer are provided, for instance the so-called soft polyvinylchloride (PVC).

The thickness of the floor panel preferably amounts to 1.5 mm to 6 mm.

The floor panel simply has four panel edges.

An expedient embodiment provides that at least one of two mutually opposite panel edges has a groove and the opposite panel edge has a tongue that is configured complementary to the groove.

An advantageous further development of the groove-and-tongue floor panel provides that the tongue and the groove each have an undercut, that the undercut of the tongue and the undercut of the groove are designed in such a way that in a locked state they counteract a moving-apart of the floor panels in their plane and vertically to the locked panel edge.

An additional advantageous further development provides that at least two mutually opposite panel edges are provided with complementary hook elements that can be locked with each other in a direction vertical to the plane of the floor panels.

Of course, it is also possible for a floor panel to be
5 provided with a groove and a tongue on a first pair of mutually opposite panel edges and to include complementary hook elements on a second pair of mutually opposite panel edges.

The quality of the mechanical locking by the hook elements can be improved if each of the hook elements has an undercut which is designed in such a manner that in the locked state a hook connection is produced that counteracts movement apart of the floor panels vertically to the plane of the floor panels.

In the following the invention will be described by way of example and with reference to the attached drawing figures wherein it is schematically represented by:

Figure 1 a perspective view of a floor panel including form-fit mechanical locking means on the panel edges and an edge break-away point in the form of a chamfer;

Figs. 2a, 2b parts of complementary hook elements as the same can be provided on mutually opposite panel edges of a floor panel;
6 Figure 3a an enlarged part of panel edges including an edge break-away point in the form of a radius;

Figure 3b an enlarged part of panel edges including an edge break-away point in the form of a chamfer;

Figure 3c an enlarged part of panel edges including an edge break-away point in the form of a shadow gap;

Figs. 4a, 4b parts of panel edges including an undercut tongue that is complementary to a panel edge including an undercut groove, as the same can be provided on mutually opposite panel edges of a floor panel;

Figure 5 a perspective view of a floor panel including tongue and groove on a first pair of mutually opposite panel edges and including complementary hook elements on a second pair of mutually opposite panel edges.

Illustrated in Figure 1 is a floor panel 1 according to the invention. It comprises a carrier layer 2 made of a pliable and elastic plastic material. Above the carrier layer 2 a decorative layer 3 is disposed. The decorative layer 3 exhibits a reproduction of a wood grain 3a. At the rim of the decorative layer 3 the panel edges la, lb and lc, 1d
7 are provided with an edge break-away point 4 in the form of a chamfer 4a. On the decorative layer 3 a transparent wear protection layer 5 is provided. Mechanical locking means are provided, namely a first pair of panel edges la and lb, the panel edge la thereof includes a tongue 6 having an undercut 7. The opposite panel edge lb is provided with a groove formed complementary to the tongue 6. A second pair of mutually opposite panel edges is also provided with a panel edge lc that includes a tongue 8 having un undercut while the opposite panel edge ld includes a groove 9 with an undercut 10 formed complementary to the tongue 8.
Besides these mechanical locking means also other kinds of mechanical locking means can be provided on one or both pairs of mutually opposite panel edges.

The Figures 2a and 2b show panel edges 11 and 12 including mechanical locking means in the form of hook elements 13 and 14. The hook elements 13 and 14 each have an undercut surface 13a respectively 14a which in the assembled state of two floor panels prevents a moving-apart of the floor panels in their panel plane and also vertically to the locked panel edge 11 respectively 12. The undercut surfaces provided for this purpose are provided on a part 13b respectively 14b of the respective hook element which protrudes vertically to the panel plane. Adjacent to the vertically protruding part 13b respectively 14b a hook recess 13c respectively 14c is provided which is configured in such a way that the vertically protruding part 13b respectively 14b of the hook element of the adjacent floor panel fits in this hook recess 13c respectively 14c.
8 Moreover, the hook elements 13 and 14 are designed in such a manner that in the locked state of two floor panels, additional undercuts counteract a moving-apart of the floor panels in a direction vertical to the panel plane. For this purpose, a corrugated profile 15 respectively 16 is provided on each of the hook elements and includes locking projections 15a/16a and locking recesses 15b/16b. The corrugated profile 15 of the hook element 13 is formed complementary to the corrugated profile 16 of the other hook element 14 so that the locking projections 15a of the hook element 13 fit in the locking recesses 16b of the other hook element 14.

The complementary corrugated profiles 15 and 16 are configured in such a manner that an elastic deformation of the plastic material allows the hook elements 13 and 14 to become locked without damaging their corrugated profiles 15 respectively 16.

A decorative layer 3 is provided, at the rim of which the panel edge of the floor panel according to Figure 2a includes an edge break-away point in the form of a chamfer 17. The same applies to the decorative layer 3 according to Figure 2b in which a chamfer 18 is provided at the rim.

The Figures 3a, 3b and 3c show parts of mutually adjacent panel edges of two locked floor panels. According to Figure 3a, the panel edges each include an edge break-away point in the form of a radius rl and r2. Between the panel edges there is a gap S as it can occur as a result of a
9 mechanical load of the locking means. Due to the edge break-away point, this undesired gap S is optically imperceptible. Moreover, damaging of the panel edges is counteracted by the radii rl and r2. In the ideal position, the panel edges are not moved apart and gap S does not exist, so that the panel edges abut each other (not shown).
The discussion of Figure 3a analogously applies also to Figure 3b, wherein only the edge break-away points are provided in the form of chamfers fl and f2 instead of radii.
The chamfers fl and f2 correspond to the chamfers 17 and 18 according to the Figures 2a and 2b.

Figure 3c shows a further alternative in which the edge break-away points are configured as a so-called shadow gap dl respectively d2. This shadow gap is the removal of material in the form of a recess. In the present case, the recess has a rectangular cross section with a surface arranged parallel and also vertically to the panel plane.

Incidentally, the discussion of Figure 3a analogously applies also the embodiment according to Figure 3c.

The Figures 4a and 4b show panel edges including a different type of complementary locking means, namely tongue and groove, as already provided in the example according to Figure 1. The panel edge according to Figure 4a includes a tongue having undercut 19a, while the panel edge according to Figure 4b includes a groove 20 which is complementary to the above-described tongue 19 and includes an undercut 20a. For locking the groove and the tongue, the floor panel including the tongue is angled in an inclined fashion and is inserted in the groove. Thereafter, the angled floor panel is pivoted downward to the plane of the other floor panel thus producing a form-fit mechanical locking.

According to the Figures 4a and 4b a decorative layer 3 is provided on the upper side of the floor panels. At the rim of the decorative layer 3 the panel edge is respectively provided with an edge break-away point in the form of a
10 chamfer 21 respectively 22. Of course, instead of a chamfer any other edge break-away point can be provided, such as an edge break-away point according to one of the Figures 3a, 3b or 3c. As indicated by the dashed line, the carrier layer can be split and a reinforcement layer V can be provided that improves the dimensional stability of the floor panel.

Figure 5 shows a perspective view of an alternative floor panel 1 including complementary locking means in the form of a tongue 19 having an undercut 19a on a first pair of mutually opposite panel edges lc and ld. The tongue 19 is provided on the panel edge ld. A complementary groove 20 including an undercut 20a is provided on the opposite panel edge lc. The second pair of panel edges la and lb includes complementary hook elements 13 respectively 14, as described by way of the Figures 2a and 2b. The alternative floor panel 1 comprises a carrier layer 2 made of a pliable and flexible plastic material. Above the carrier layer 2 a decorative layer 3 is disposed. The decorative layer 3 has shows a reproduction of a wood grain 3a. At the rim of the decorative layer 3 the panel edges la, lb and lc, 1d are
11 provided with an edge break-away point in the form of a chamfer 4a. On the decorative layer 3 a transparent wear protection layer 5 is provided.
12 Floor panel made of plastic having mechanical locking edges List of reference numbers 1 floor panel la panel edge 1b panel edge lc panel edge ld panel edge 2 carrier layer 3 decorative layer 3a wood grain 4 edge break-away point 4a chamfer 5 wear protection layer 6 tongue 7 undercut 8 tongue 9 groove 10 undercut 11 panel edge 12 panel edge
13 hook element 13a undercut surface 13b vertically protruding part
14 hook element 14a undercut surface 14b vertically protruding part
15 corrugated profile 15a locking projection 15b locking recess
16 corrugated profile 16a locking projection 16b locking recess
17 chamfer
18 chamfer
19 tongue 19a undercut groove 20a undercut 21 chamfer 22 chamfer 15 dl shadow gap d2 shadow gap fl chamfer f2 chamfer rl radius
20 r2 radius S gap V reinforcement layer

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What is claimed is:
1. A floor panel comprising:
a carrier layer comprising a plastic material that is pliable and elastic at an application temperature of the floor panel;
a decorative layer being disposed above the carrier layer;
a first complementary mechanical locking means being provided on a first two panel edges of the floor panel such that the floor panel is capable of being coupled together with a second floor panel of the same configuration as the floor panel to form a locked state and in the locked state to counteract a moving apart of the floor panel and the second floor panel in a horizontal plane and a vertical plane;
a second complementary mechanical locking means being provided on a second two panel edges such that the floor panel is capable of being coupled together with a third floor panel of the same configuration as the floor panel to form a locked state and in the locked state to counteract a moving apart of the floor panel and the third floor panel in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane;
the first complementary locking means being a complementary tongue and groove, the groove on one of the first two panel edges of the floor panel and the tongue on an opposite panel edge of the first two panel edges of the floor panel;
the tongue and the groove each include an undercut, the undercut of the tongue of the complementary tongue and groove of the floor panel and an undercut of a groove of a complementary tongue and groove of the second floor panel cooperate in the locked state to counteract a moving apart of the floor panel and the second floor panel in the horizontal plane;
the second complementary locking means being complementary hook elements, the complementary hook elements forming the locked state through a vertical movement, one of the hook elements on one of the second two panel edges of the floor panel and an other of the hook elements on an opposite panel edge of the second two panel edges of the floor panel;
each of the hook elements includes an inward facing vertical undercut surface, the undercut surface of one of the complementary hook elements of the floor panel and an undercut surface of an other complementary hook elements of the third floor panel cooperate in the locked state to counteract a moving apart of the floor panel and the third floor panel in the horizontal plane;
each of the complementary hook elements has an outward facing vertical surface, one of the complementary hook elements has at least one locking projection on the outward facing vertical surface and an other of the complementary hook elements has at least one locking recess on the outward facing vertical surface, the at least one locking projection on the outward facing vertical surface of the one of the complementary hook elements of the floor panel and an at least one locking recess on an outward facing vertical surface of an other of a complementary hook elements of the third floor panel cooperating in the locked state to counteract a moving apart of the floor panel and the third floor panel in the vertical plane; and at least one edge of the first two panel edges or the second two panel edges has an edge break-away point at the decorative layer.
2. The floor panel according to claim 1, wherein the edge break-away point is designed as a chamfer, radius or stepped mortise.
3. The floor panel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a transparent wear protection layer is disposed above the decorative layer.
4. The floor panel according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a counteracting layer is provided below the carrier layer.
5. The floor panel according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plastic material of the carrier layer is a thermoplastic elastomer.
6. The floor panel according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plastic material of the carrier layer is an amorphous elastomer having a plasticizer.
7. The floor panel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the thickness of the floor panel amounts to 1.5 mm to 6 mm.
8. The floor panel according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the floor panel includes four panel edges.
9. The floor panel according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a reinforcement layer is provided.
10. The floor panel according to claim 9, wherein the reinforcement layer includes fiber-reinforced material.
11. The floor panel according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the reinforcement layer is arranged as at least one intermediate layer in a split carrier layer.
12. The floor panel according to claim 1, wherein the carrier layer consists essentially of a plastic material.
13. The floor panel according to claim 1, wherein the one of the complementary hook elements having the at least one locking projection has at least one locking recess;
the other of the complementary hook elements having the at least one locking recess has at least one locking projection; and the at least one locking projection and the at least one locking recess of the one of the complementary locking hook elements cooperates in the locked state with the at least one locking recess and the at least one locking projection of the other of the complementary locking hook elements to counteract the moving apart of the floor panel and the third floor panel in the vertical plane.
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