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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Dal-tile Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Claudio Caselli, Dallas, TX (US);
Rahul Patki, Dallas, TX (US);
Jan Eddy De Rick, Geraardsbergen, BE;
Dal-Tile, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A floor element for forming a floor covering is described herein, wherein the floor element includes a board having edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in the floor covering. The coupling elements include at least one male part and at least one female part, the male part being positioned along a first edge and protruding outwardly beyond an upper edge at said first edge, and the female part being positioned along a second edge and extending inwardly beyond an upper edge at the second edge to form a recess for at least partially receiving the male part. The recess includes an inlet opening having a vertical breadth such that the ratio between the vertical breadth and the thickness of the board is more than 0.4.