EP2281977A3

Floor element

Abstract

In a floor element (3) comprising a wood fiber-based core (30) and a surface layer (31,32) that is attached to a surface (33) of the core, it is foreseen that at least one groove (41) is provided in the surface (33) of the core, said at least one groove (41) being arranged in a portion of the floor element (3) where a mechanical locking system (6,8,9,10,12) is to be formed, and said at least one groove (41) being provided with an elastically deformable material (50,50a,50b,51) and/or an impregnation agent.

EP2281977A3, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 1

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0903451A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	AD	Search report	1
DE20002744U1	Cites	Germany	AD	Search report	1
WO9747834A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	AD	Search report	1

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
0102620	Sweden	A	2001-07-27
0102620	Sweden	A	2001-07-27
0102620	Sweden	–	2001-07-27
0201417	Sweden	W	2002-07-29
0201417	Sweden	W	2002-07-29
02749499	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2002-07-29
02749499	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2002-07-29
09168587	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2002-07-29
09168587	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	2002-07-29
0102620	–	–	–
02749499	–	–	–
09168587	–	–	–
EP20020749499	–	–	–
EP20090168587	–	–	–
SE20010002620	–	–	–
WO2002SE01417	–	–	–

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Document	Office	Kind
SE0102620D0	Sweden	D0	2001-07-27
SE0102620L	Sweden	L	2003-01-28
US2003024199A1	United States of America	A1	2003-02-06
CA2453599A1	Canada	A1	2003-02-13
WO03012224A1	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A1	2003-02-13
SE519791C2	Sweden	C2	2003-04-08
KR20040025701A	Republic of Korea	A	2004-03-24
NO20040112L	Norway	L	2004-03-26
EP1412596A1	European Patent Office (EPO)	A1	2004-04-28
BR0211676A	Brazil	A	2004-07-13
HU0401186A2	Hungary	A2	2004-09-28
CN1547638A	China	A	2004-11-17
JP2004537663A	Japan	A	2004-12-16
PL366587A1	Poland	A1	2005-02-07
RU2004105858A	Russian Federation	A	2005-08-20
NZ531374A	New Zealand	A	2005-08-26
RU2289004C2	Russian Federation	C2	2006-12-10
AU2002320004B2	Australia	B2	2008-01-31
KR100844247B1	Republic of Korea	B1	2008-07-07
CN100402782C	China	C	2008-07-16
US2008256890A1	United States of America	A1	2008-10-23
EP1412596B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2009-08-26
NO327624B1	Norway	B1	2009-09-07
AT441007T	Austria	T	2009-09-15
DE60233504D1	Germany	D1	2009-10-08
EP2146024A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2010-01-20
CA2453599C	Canada	C	2010-09-07
US7802415B2	United States of America	B2	2010-09-28
EP2281977A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2011-02-09
EP2287418A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2011-02-23
DE20222019U1	Germany	U1	2011-05-05
EP2146024A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2011-05-25
EP2281977A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2011-05-25
EP2287418A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2011-05-25
US2011131901A1	United States of America	A1	2011-06-09
US8028486B2	United States of America	B2	2011-10-04
PL210011B1	Poland	B1	2011-11-30
JP4884647B2	Japan	B2	2012-02-29
EP2146024B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2013-02-27
PT2146024E	Portugal	E	2013-05-07
DK2146024T3	Denmark	T3	2013-05-13
ES2407986T3	Spain	T3	2013-06-17
US8584423B2	United States of America	B2	2013-11-19
HU229529B1	Hungary	B1	2014-01-28
US2014033635A1	United States of America	A1	2014-02-06
EP2287418B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2017-08-23
PT2287418T	Portugal	T	2017-11-17
US2019277041A1	United States of America	A1	2019-09-12
EP2281977B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2020-04-08
EP3783167A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2021-02-24
EP3783167A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2021-03-10
US10975580B2	United States of America	B2	2021-04-13
EP2287418B2	European Patent Office (EPO)	B2	2021-10-13

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