Profiled strip device

Abstract

A shaped-section slat device comprising a shaped-section slat ( 1 ) having a visible face ( 10 A) and two longitudinal edges having male and female assembly means ( 18, 20 ). The male assembly means ( 18 ) are connected to the visible face ( 10 A) via an intermediate zone having a plane visible margin ( 22 ) set back relative to said visible face ( 10 A), said male assembly means themselves being set back relative to said visible margin ( 22 ). Each of the longitudinal edges of the slat is provided with a groove in which an assembly strip can be inserted so that it projects from said groove over a width greater than the depth of the other groove.

1 . A shaped-section slat device comprising a shaped-section slat having a visible face, a first longitudinal edge of the slat having male assembly means and a second longitudinal edge of said slat, opposite from said first edge, having female assembly means, suitable for co-operating by inter-fitting with the male assembly means on the first longitudinal edge of another, analogous slat, the male assembly means being are connected to the visible face via an intermediate zone having a plane visible margin set back relative to said visible face and situated in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said visible face, said male assembly means themselves being set back relative to said visible margin, and that the edge of the visible margin being is suitable, when the male assembly means of one slat are engaged in the female assembly means of an analogous slat, for co-operating in abutment with said female assembly means, so that the plane visible margin looks like grouting between tiles.  
     
     
         2 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the shaped-section slat has a back face opposite from the visible face and defining a bearing plane, said back face having a set-back portion that is set back relative to the bearing plane and a projection, said set-back portion and said projection being disposed behind the intermediate zone and in succession in the direction going towards male assembly means.  
     
     
         3 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the male assembly means are connected to the visible margin via a riser disposed at an undercut angle.  
     
     
         4 - 10  (canceled).  
     
     
         11 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the shaped-section slat has a back face opposite from the visible face and defining a bearing plane, said back face having a set-back portion that is set back relative to the bearing plane and a projection, said set-back portion and said projection being disposed behind the intermediate zone and in succession in the direction going towards male assembly means, and wherein the male assembly means are connected to the visible margin via a riser disposed at an undercut angle.  
     
     
         12 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the female assembly means are connected to the visible face via a setback having a overhanging nose.  
     
     
         13 . A device according to  claim 1 , wherein the slat has first and second transverse edges, each of which is provided with a groove formed under the visible face, and wherein the device further comprises an assembly strip suitable for being inserted into said grooves, the width of said strip being such that, when said strip is inserted in one of said grooves, said strip projects from said groove over a width greater than a depth of the other groove.  
     
     
         14 . A device according to  claim 13 , wherein, when the strip is inserted in one of said grooves, said strip projects from said groove over a width substantially equal to a sum of the width of the visible margin and of the depth of the other groove.  
     
     
         15 . A device according to  claim 13 , wherein a thickness of slat between the groove and the visible face over the transverse edges is substantially equal to a depth of the set-back between the visible face and the visible margin over the first longitudinal edge of said slat.  
     
     
         16 . A device according to  claim 13 , wherein a thickness of slat between the groove and the visible face over the transverse edges is substantially equal to a depth of the set-back between the visible face and the visible margin over the first longitudinal edge of said slat and wherein, when the strip is inserted in one of said grooves, said strip projects from said groove over a width substantially equal to a sum of the width of the visible margin and of the depth of the other groove.  
     
     
         17 . A device according to  claim 13 , wherein the slat has a front wall and a back wall, respectively having the visible face and the back face and interconnected by interconnecting webs, and wherein said grooves are formed by notches cut in the interconnecting webs.  
     
     
         18 . A device according to  claim 13 , wherein the strip and the visible margin have the same decoration.  
     
     
         19 . A device according to  claim 14 , wherein the strip and the visible margin have the same decoration.  
     
     
         20 . A device according to  claim 15 , wherein the strip and the visible margin have the same decoration.  
     
     
         21 . A device according to  claim 16 , wherein the strip and the visible margin have the same decoration.  
     
     
         22 . A device according to  claim 13 , further comprising a plurality of analogous shaped-section slats and a sheet of assembly strips, said sheet being formed of assembly strips interconnected by pre-cut means making it possible to separate the strips from one another.