Metal strip for interlocking floorboard and a floorboard using same

Abstract

The invention relates to a strip for a building board ( 2 ), exhibiting a board body (S) which is formed with a gripping stud ( 24 ). The strip ( 10 ) extends from the body (S) and from which are formed gripping elements ( 26, 28 ), which are bent round the gripping stud ( 24 ) for mechanical fastening of the strip ( 10 ) to the body (S), as well as a locking element ( 12 ) for enabling mechanical joining of the board ( 2 ) to similar boards.

1 . A metal strip for a mechanically interlocking floorboard, the metal strip comprising: 
 a main body extending in a planar direction, the main body including an edge portion defined by a first edge;    a gripping element at the edge portion of the main body; and    the gripping element includes a lip at the first edge of the main body and a plurality of opposing tongues arranged in a row and spaced inwardly from the lip, each of the lip and the opposing tongues being bendably connected to the main body at a proximal end of the lip and the opposing tongues.    
   
   
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