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EP 0927792 B1 20050316 - Paving element

Title (en)

Paving element

Title (de)

Pflastersteinelement

Title (fr)

Elément de pavage

Publication

EP 0927792 B1 20050316 (DE)

Application

EP 98124686 A 19981224

Priority

DE 29722519 U 19971229

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0927792A2] The paving block (1) has a contour formed from several connected rectangles. When laid, blocks engage positively and without continuous joints. All neighbouring rectangular surfaces engage on each other with all their contact edges. A block may have two or three L-shaped surfaces, four T- or S-shaped surfaces, or five U-shaped surfaces.

IPC 1-7

E01C 5/06

IPC 8 full level

E01C 5/00 (2006.01); E01C 5/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E01C 5/00 (2013.01); E01C 5/006 (2013.01); E01C 2201/02 (2013.01); E01C 2201/04 (2013.01); E01C 2201/16 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE DE NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0927792 A2 19990707; EP 0927792 A3 20000607; EP 0927792 B1 20050316; AT E291124 T1 20050415; DE 29722519 U1 19980219; DE 59812660 D1 20050421

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 98124686 A 19981224; AT 98124686 T 19981224; DE 29722519 U 19971229; DE 59812660 T 19981224