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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl, Bertrange, LU;

Inventors:

Laurent Meersseman, Kortrijk, BE;

Martin Segaert, Ieper, BE;

Bernard Thiers, Beveren-Leie, BE;

Benjamin Clement, Waregem, BE;

Christophe Maesen, Lichtervelde, BE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 1/00 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01); B32B 37/16 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/14 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); E04F 15/18 (2006.01); B29C 47/06 (2006.01); B44C 5/04 (2006.01); B44C 1/24 (2006.01); B32B 37/22 (2006.01); B32B 37/15 (2006.01); B32B 21/02 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/02038 (2013.01); B29C 47/065 (2013.01); B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 5/145 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 7/02 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 21/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/20 (2013.01); B32B 27/30 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/153 (2013.01); B32B 37/16 (2013.01); B32B 37/226 (2013.01); B44C 1/24 (2013.01); B44C 5/04 (2013.01); E04F 15/02194 (2013.01); E04F 15/10 (2013.01); E04F 15/102 (2013.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01); E04F 15/107 (2013.01); E04F 15/18 (2013.01); B32B 38/145 (2013.01); B32B 2266/0235 (2013.01); B32B 2266/08 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/414 (2013.01); B32B 2307/72 (2013.01); B32B 2309/02 (2013.01); B32B 2309/04 (2013.01); B32B 2309/105 (2013.01); B32B 2309/12 (2013.01); B32B 2310/0825 (2013.01); B32B 2327/06 (2013.01); B32B 2419/04 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01); B32B 2471/00 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0107 (2013.01); E04F 2201/023 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1039 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1084 (2015.01);
Abstract

A floor panel may include a substrate and a top layer located above the substrate. The substrate may include a closed cell foamed synthetic material layer with fillers. The closed cell foamed synthetic material layer may have an average density of more than 300 kilograms per cubic meter. The top layer may include a back layer, a printed synthetic material film located above the back layer, and a transparent or translucent synthetic material wear layer located above the printed synthetic material film. The back layer may include a vinyl compound with fillers. The back layer may have a thickness of at least 45 percent of the thickness of the top layer. The floor panel may be rectangular and oblong and may include a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges. The floor panel may include first mechanical coupling parts at the pair of long edges and second mechanical coupling parts at the pair of short edges. The first mechanical coupling parts may allow a horizontal and vertical locking of two of such floor panels using a turning movement along the respective long edges. The first mechanical coupling parts may include a tongue and a groove. The groove may be flanked by an upper lip and a lower lip. The first mechanical coupling parts may include a vertical locking mechanism having a vertically active locking surface at the upper side of the tongue and the lower side of the upper lip, respectively. The first mechanical coupling parts may include a horizontal locking mechanism having a horizontally active locking surface at the lower side of the tongue and the upper side of the lower lip, respectively. The horizontally active locking surfaces and the vertically active locking surfaces may be formed in the material of the closed cell foamed synthetic material layer.


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