Interlocking floor panels with high performance locking profiles

• Main Authors: ESHBACH, John R, RAMACHANDRA, Sunil, ANSPACH, Kean M, STOLL, Brent L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.04.2022
• Subjects: BUILDING; FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS

A floating floor system includes floor panels (101), each including: a resilient base layer (123); a wear layer (121) forming an uppermost surface (103) of the floor panel atop the resilient base layer and stiffer than the resilient base layer; a first locking edge portion (127) having a first locking profile (117) that includes a first horizontal locking feature (131), a first vertical locking feature, and a channel (133) having a channel floor (135) formed by the wear layer and the resilient base layer, and a channel bed thickness (141) measured between the uppermost surface and the channel floor, the wear layer forming at least 5% of the channel bed thickness. A second locking edge portion (129) has a second locking profile (119) that includes a second horizontal locking feature (143), a second vertical locking feature, and a second vertical ridge (144), is located opposite the first locking edge portion. Figure 2A (n 01% r0