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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11035132 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2017

Floor covering material and method for manufacturing same

Applicant:

Ivc, Bvba, Avelgem, BE;

Inventors:

Stefaan Gerard Lucien Duyck, Izegem, BE;

Kristof Van Vlassenrode, Deinze, BE;

Assignee:

IVC BV, Avelgem, BE;

Attorney:

Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Basil S Katcheves

Assistant Examiner:

Omar F Hijaz

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/02 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/06 (2006.01); B44C 1/24 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01); B44C 5/04 (2006.01); D06N 7/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/24 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/02038 (2013.01); B32B 37/24 (2013.01); B32B 38/06 (2013.01); B32B 38/145 (2013.01); B44C 1/24 (2013.01); B44C 5/04 (2013.01); D06N 7/0007 (2013.01); D06N 7/0013 (2013.01); E04F 15/02033 (2013.01); E04F 15/02161 (2013.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01); E04F 15/107 (2013.01); B32B 2038/0084 (2013.01); B32B 2255/08 (2013.01); B32B 2255/28 (2013.01); B32B 2307/554 (2013.01); E04F 13/0866 (2013.01); E04F 13/0873 (2013.01); E04F 13/0894 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0115 (2013.01); E04F 2203/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Floor covering material, wherein this floor covering material comprises at least a foamed layer, a printed decor provided thereon, and preferably a transparent wear layer, wherein the printed decor represents a plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements, wherein at the edges of said represented elements, lowered edge regions are formed, which form at least a portion of the circumference of the respective element, wherein said lowered edge regions, seen in cross-section, are realized with at least two different geometries. The invention further also relates to a method for manufacturing such floor covering material.

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