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(11) EP 0 499 296 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.08.1992 Bulletin 1992/34

(21) Application number: 92108191.5

(22) Date of filing: 28.06.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: E04F 15/04, E04F 15/024, E05B 65/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 08.07.1988 US 216818

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
89908291.1 / 0432167

(71) Applicant: SICO INCORPORATED
Minneapolis, MN 55435 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Wilson, Kermit H.
    Edina, Minnesota 55435 (US)

(74) Representative: Ström, Tore et al
Ström & Gulliksson AB Studentgatan 1 P.O. Box 4188
S-203 13 Malmö
S-203 13 Malmö (SE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
     
    Remarks:
    This application was filed on 14 - 05 - 1992 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 60.
     


    (54) Interlocking sections for portable floors and the like


    (57) A planar section (10) adapted for edge-to-edge connection with other similar sections, comprising:
       a panel (12) having edges (11) around said panel adapted for edge-to-edge connection with complementary edges of similar sections, each edge (11) having recesses (35, 37) formed therein and complementary first and second locking members (50, 70) secured in said recesses (35, 37) in said edges (11), wherein said first and second locking members (50, 70) are configured so that said locking members engage and automatically lock upon fitting said sections (10) together, whereby a plurality of said sections can be secured in edge-to-edge relationsships with said complementary edges (11) and said first and second locking members (50, 70) in engagement with one another, respectively.






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