MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517068313 A) filed by Barlinek Spolka Akcyjna, Kielce, Poland, on July 17, for 'a joint of floor panels.'
Inventor(s) include Gutkowski, Pawel; Konstanczak, Marek; and Lasak, Grzegorz.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A floor panel (1) has interlocking means (10, 11) formed on the side of its short edges (5, 5') being joined together. These interlocking means (10, 11) comprise joining parts made as a male joining part (9) and a female joining part (12) and have a vertically active concave locking part (13) and a convex locking part (14), as well as slanted guiding surfaces (15, 16). Furthermore, there is a bendable part (7) formed in the lower surface (2a) of the floor panel (1), comprising a plurality of adjacent recesses (8, 8') formed in the lower surface (2a), next to the male joining part (9), which are inclined relative to the short edge (5') of the side surface (6'), allowing the angular deflection of the male joining part (9) to be increased, relative to the horizontal plane, during its interlocking with the female joining part (12) at the short edges (5, 5')."
The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 10, 2024, under International application No.PCT/IB2024/053507.
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