Floor element

Abstract

A floor element, in particular a wooden floor element, comprising a top and a bottom surface as well as a first and a second lateral side, said first side being provided with a tooth integrally formed with said floor element, said second side being provided with a groove, said tooth and said groove extend substantially over a whole length of lateral sides and are dimensioned in such a manner, that for adjacently placed floor elements the tooth of the one floor element and the groove of the other floor element mutually engage for providing a toothed engagement, and wherein said tooth starts from said top surface and is inclined over an angle situated between 20 and 70°, preferably between 35 and 55° with respect to said top surface, said tooth having a length measured as from said top surface of at least one third of the thickness of said floor element.

1 . A floor element, in particular a wooden floor element, comprising a top and a bottom surface as well as a first and a second side, said first side being provided with a tooth integrally formed with said 5 floor element, said second side being provided with a groove, said tooth and said groove being dimensioned in such a manner, that for adjacently placed floor elements the tooth of the one floor element and the groove of the other floor element mutually engage for providing a toothed engagement, characterised in that said groove and said tooth extend substantially over a whole length of lateral sides of said floor element, and wherein said tooth starts from said top surface and is inclined over an angle situated between  20  and 70°, preferably between 35 and 55° with respect to said top surface, said tooth having a length measured as from said top surface of at least one third of the thickness of said floor element.  
   
   
       2 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 1 , characterised in that said second lateral side is provided with an inclined edge located at said top surface.  
   
   
       3 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 2 , characterised in that said edge is inclined over an angle situated between 20 and 70°, preferably between 35 and 55° with respect to said top surface.  
   
   
       4 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 1 , characterised in that said first lateral side extends substantially perpendicular with respect to said bottom surface over that part of this first lateral side situated underneath said tooth.  
   
   
       5 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 1 , characterised in that said first lateral side is provided with an inclined edge located on said bottom surface.  
   
   
       6 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 1 , characterised in that said second lateral side is provided with an inclined edge located on said bottom surface.  
   
   
       7 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 1 , characterised in that said lateral side has an offset part extending as from said bottom surface.  
   
   
       8 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 7 , characterised in that said offset part has a top segment extending substantially parallel with respect to said bottom surface.  
   
   
       9 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 1 , characterised in that said floor element further comprises a first and a second transversal side, said first transversal side being with a first hook, made integrally with said element, and extending as from said top surface, said second transversal side being with a second hook, made integrally with said element, and extending as from said bottom surface, said first and second hook being dimensioned in such a manner that for adjacently placed floor elements the first hook of the one floor element and the second hook of the other floor element mutually engage for providing a toothed engagement.  
   
   
       10 . A floor element as claimed in  claim 9 , characterised in that said first and second hook have a substantially U-shaped inner contour.