Improvements in and relating to floor panels

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EP 0 391 628 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/15

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	10.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/41

(21)	Application number: 90303449.4

(22)	Date of filing: 30.03.1990

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: E04F 15/024

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE ES FR IT SE

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Priority:

01.04.1989 GB 8907415

(71)	Applicant: Thorsman & Co. (U.K.) Limited
	Blackburn, Lancashire BB2 2QR (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Stevens, Robert Blackburn, Lancashire (GB)

(74)	Representative: Lyons, Andrew John et al
	ROYSTONS Tower Building Water Street Liverpool L3 1BA Liverpool L3 1BA (GB)

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(54)	Improvements in and relating to floor panels

(57) An edging strip (24) for a floor panel (10) provides a conductive pathway from the upper surface of the flooring panel and/or a seal between adjacent floor panels.
To provide a conductive path, the edge strip of the invention is made of conductive material and has a first face (26) that abuts the panel edge and a second face (28) generally parallel to the first face, the first and second faces defining therebetween an upper part (33) that will extend upwards at least to the upper surface of the flooring panel and a second resiliently deformable depending part (34) which is shaped to provide a lateral protrusion (36) whereby that part will be deformed by contact with a corresponding protrusion of an adjacent edge strip or another surface.

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