US Patent Issued to VALINGE INNOVATION on Oct. 27 for "Building panel and locking devices therefor" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,606, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).

"Building panel and locking devices therefor" was invented by Christian Boo (Kagerod, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A building panel, such as a floor panel or wall panel, has a first mechanical locking device at a respective first edge and an opposite second edge, such as long edges, for horizontal and vertical locking of similar or essentially identical building panels in an assembled position. The building panel further has a second mechanical locking device at a respective third edge and an opposite fourth edge for horizontal and vertical lockin...