Viken, Sweden – Välinge said it has been awarded a U.S. patent regarding mechanical locking of LVT/resilient floorboards.
The patent protects methods for assembling resilient floorboards provided with a mechanical locking system by using the resiliency of the floorboard.
By upwardly bending a first floorboard at its first edge such that the first edge is curved, locking is facilitated and the force required to lock the floorboard with an adjacent floorboard is reduced.