US Patent Issued to VALINGE INNOVATION on May 13 for "Set of panels with mechanical positioning means" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,648, issued on May 13, was assigned to VALINGE INNOVATION AB (Viken, Sweden).

"Set of panels with mechanical positioning means" was invented by Lucas Larsson (Hoganas, Sweden) and Caroline Landgard (Lerberget, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of rectangular building panels have a frontside and a backside and a mechanical locking device at opposite first and second edge portion configured for plane locking of similar panels in an assembled position by means of displacement of a plane with a second edge portion of a second panel in an engagement direction towards a first edge portion of an adjacent first panel. The first edg...