Patents by Inventor Per-Eric Stridsman

Per-Eric Stridsman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6769835
    Abstract: A floor board is arranged to be connectable to other similar boards to form a floor. The floor board includes a first female coupler extending along a first edge of the board, wherein the first female coupler comprises a first coupling element having a groove and a surface extending obliquely from the groove and away from a wall of the groove so as to form a stop. The floor board also includes a first male coupler extending along a second edge of the board, wherein the first male coupler comprises a second coupling element having a V shape portion and a portion disposed in a recess formed in the board, wherein an outer V-leg of the second coupling element is deformable in the direction of an Inner V-leg, and wherein the second coupling element in its non-deformed state is complementary to the shape of the groove of the first coupling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Tarkett Sommer AB
    Inventor: Per-Eric Stridsman
  • Publication number: 20030180091
    Abstract: A floor board, which comprises coupling means (2-5) at its side edges (8-11), is arranged to be connected to other similar floor boards to form a floor. The floor board (1) has at least one pair of coupling means consisting of a female coupling means (2, 3) and a male coupling means (4, 5), which extend along two opposite side edges (8, 9; 10, 11). The female coupling means (2, 3) comprises a first coupling element (12), which projects laterally and which has an upwardly open groove (22). The male coupling means (4, 5) comprises a second coupling element (27), which has the shape of an upwardly open V, the outer V-leg (38) of which is springingly foldable in the direction of the inner V-leg (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventor: Per-Eric Stridsman