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Patent No.:

US 9611657 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2015

Floor panel, as well as method, device and accessories for manufacturing such floor panel

Applicant:

Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl, Bertrange, LU;

Inventors:

Laurent Meersseman, Kortrijk, BE;

Christian Vandevoorde, Zulte, BE;

Bernard Thiers, Eine, BE;

Assignee:

FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL, Bertrange, LU;

Attorney:

Workman Nydegger

Primary Examiner:

Andrew J Triggs

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/02 (2006.01); B44C 1/24 (2006.01); B44C 3/00 (2006.01); B44C 3/08 (2006.01); B44C 5/04 (2006.01); B44F 9/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/02161 (2013.01); B44C 1/24 (2013.01); B44C 3/005 (2013.01); B44C 3/08 (2013.01); B44C 5/0469 (2013.01); B44F 9/02 (2013.01); E04F 15/02 (2013.01); E04F 15/02005 (2013.01); E04F 15/02033 (2013.01); E04F 15/02038 (2013.01); E04F 15/107 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0115 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0153 (2013.01); E04F 2201/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

Floor panel, more particularly a laminate floor panel, which, at least at two opposite edges (---), is provided with coupling parts (---), whereby this floor panel (), at its decorative side, forms an imitation of wood, from which, by means of a tool, wood portions have been removed from the surface, more particularly forms an imitation of so-called scraped wood, and whereby this floor panel () comprises a decor () representing a wood pattern (), a top layer () on the basis of synthetic material (), and an underlying substrate (), whether or not composed of several layers or parts, characterized in that the floor panel (), in the surface over which the decor () extends, is provided with embossed portions (and/or) continuing up into the aforementioned substrate (), whereby these embossed portions (and/or) are at least applied in order to imitate the aforementioned removed wood portions.

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