Abstract:
The present invention relates to a panel and to a covering including a plurality of such panels. The present invention particularly relates to floor panels, and more in particular to laminated floor panels, hardwood floor panels, solid wood floor panels, or PVC based floor panels. The invention proposes a coupling of the tongues of different adjacent panels that are arranged on the short side of those panels by a tongue of a further panel that is arranged on the long side of that panel. Compared to prior art panels, an improved coupling between the short sides of adjacent panels can be achieved, reducing the likelihood that these panels become detached.
Abstract:
A system for supporting exterior panels or cladding units on a building substrate. The system includes a plurality of polymeric bracket members, wherein each of the polymeric bracket members further includes an anchor section, adapted to be coupled to the building substrate, and a support section adapted to couple to the exterior cladding unit. In assembly, as disposed between the building substrate and the exterior cladding units, the polymeric bracket members provide a thermal break from the exterior cladding units to the building substrate.
Abstract:
The present invention is an anchoring device for joining three boards. It includes a substantially flat horizontal top element having a top view configuration which includes two sides and has a first predetermined width as measured wide to side at its maximum width between the two sides. There is at least one substantially vertical support member attached to the underside of the top element along an imaginary center line and extending downwardly from the top element for a predetermined length, which has two sides and a second predetermined width as measured at its maximum width. There is a substantially flat horizontal bottom element with two sides and has a third predetermined width at its maximum width. The first predetermined width is greater than the second predetermined width and the third predetermined width, and the third is greater than the second.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein boards of laminate material are formed by means of a press treatment and wherein these boards are divided into several panels, from which the actual floor panels are formed. In a press treatment of the method, at least one impression is provided in the board, which at least is employed as a guiding groove for guiding the aforementioned board or the subsequently obtained panels in further treatments.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein boards of laminate material are formed by means of a press treatment and wherein these boards are divided into several panels, from which the actual floor panels are formed. In a press treatment of the method, at least one impression is provided in the board, which at least is employed as a guiding groove for guiding the aforementioned board or the subsequently obtained panels in further treatments.
Abstract:
The present invention is an anchoring device for joining three boards. It includes a substantially flat horizontal top element having a top view configuration which includes two sides and has a first predetermined width as measured wide to side at its maximum width between the two sides. There is at least one substantially vertical support member attached to the underside of the top element along an imaginary center line and extending downwardly from the top element for a predetermined length, which has two sides and a second predetermined width as measured at its maximum width. There is a substantially flat horizontal bottom element with two sides and has a third predetermined width at its maximum width. The first predetermined width is greater than the second predetermined width and the third predetermined width, and the third than the second. The invention also includes a decking system utilizing the anchoring device.
Abstract:
A wood based panel having at least one spacer, spaced at intervals or continuously, on a square edge in which the spacer will deform or be forced into an adjacent panel when subjected to linear expansion forces.
Abstract:
A finishing wood covering laid over a subfloor and comprising a plurality of finishing wood panels secured over the subfloor in edge abutting relationship with each other, each panel being cut out along the abutting edges to define a recess, at the top, having a horizontal ledge and an inclined inner lateral wall, and being further cut out at the bottom along the abutting edges to form a horizontal groove. The recess and the groove of a panel define therebetween an overhanging tongue that extends fully around the panel, the top recesses of abutting panels thus having a dovetail configuration. A plurality of fastening clips are mounted on the tongues of abutting panels to hold them together and fasten them to the floor. Each clip is formed of an upstanding web disposed between the facing ends of the tongues of the corresponding abutting panels and lateral prongs projecting from the top and bottom of the upstanding web to overlie the horizontal ledges of the tongues and to be received in the bottom grooves of the corresponding abutting panels, respectively. There is for each clip, two spaced top prongs extending in one direction from the web and a further top prong extending in opposite direction between the first two prongs. There is also provided, for each clip, two spaced bottom prongs that extend in the said opposite direction while a further bottom prong extends in the one direction aforesaid between the first bottom prongs. The panels are secured to the subframe by means of a nail, for each clip, driven in the space between the first two top prongs, driven through the tongue, through the further bottom prong and into the subfloor. Finally, filler wood strips of dovetail cross section are set in the said recesses defined between the abutting panels.