(19)
(11) EP 1 195 477 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.12.2002 Bulletin 2002/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/15

(21) Application number: 01123272.5

(22) Date of filing: 04.10.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E04F 15/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 09.10.2000 IT TV000124

(71) Applicant: Skema S.r.l.
31046 Oderzo (Treviso) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Friso, Edoardo
    35100 Padova (IT)

(74) Representative: Modiano, Guido, Dr.-Ing. et al
Modiano & Associati SpA Via Meravigli, 16
20123 Milano
20123 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Cladding element, particularly for wood-block flooring


(57) A cladding element (1), particularly usable for wood-block flooring, for pre-finished hardwood floors and for floors made of laminate of different thicknesses, which is flat and advantageously rectangular and has two first contiguous lateral edges (4a,4b) which have a first snap-action interconnection means (6) which interacts with a complementarily shaped second interconnection means (8) formed on two second contiguous lateral edges (5a,5b).






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