Patent attributes
Floor panel which is bounded in a horizontal plane by a top side, which is provided with a decorative layer or the like, and an underside, which is provided for bearing on an underlying surface, the floor panel being provided with means for the releasable connection of at least two panels, it being the case that the connecting means are formed on at least one first side edge such that locking takes place in the transverse direction (Q) and vertical direction (V), that form-fitting elements for locking in the vertical direction (V) with a further panel are formed on a second side edge, which runs at an angle to the first side edge, that the form-fitting elements are spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction (Q) and in the vertical direction (V) on two spaced-apart, essentially vertically oriented walls, in which case a tongue is formed on the first side edge, the tongue extending in the longitudinal direction of the side edge, and a recess, corresponding to the tongue, is formed on an opposite side edge, the underside of the tongue, starting from the tip of the tongue, having a continuously curved contour.
