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<p id="pa01" num="0001">Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verbindungselement (24), bestehend aus einem ersten Teilelement (26) und einem zweiten Teilelement (28), die jeweils Verbindungsöffnungen (34) aufweisen, über die sie mit einem Verbindungsmittel (36) miteinander verbindbar sind. Sie bilden im zusammengesetzten Zustand einen Verbindungskanal (38) aus, in dem ein Verbinder (40) angeordnet werden kann und der ebenfalls eine Verbindungsöffnung (34) für das Verbindungsmittel (36) aufweist, wobei der Verbinder (40) aus dem Verbindungselement (24), derart seitlich herausragt, dass er in einen Verbindungskanal (38) eines benachbarten Verbindungselementes (24) einführbar ist und sich dort ebenfalls ein Verbindungsmittel (36) durch eine zweite Verbindungsöffnung (34)erstrecken kann, so dass zwei nebeneinander angeordnete Verbindungselemente (24) über den Verbinder (40) miteinander verbindbar sind, wobei das Verbindungsmittel (36) derartige Abmessungen aufweist, dass es nicht über eine Nutzfläche (21) des Bodenbelags (20) vorsteht.
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