Custom-made covering panels by digital printing of base panels
AssigneeBeaulieu International Group NV
InventorsPol Lombaert, Jonas Guido Feys
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Abstract
A base panel suitable to be processed into a covering panel, consisting of the following layers: (i) a substrate having a top surface, (ii) a resilient layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, whereby the bottom surface is connected to the top surface of said substrate, and (iii) optionally, a contact layer between the bottom surface of said resilient layer and the top surface of said substrate. A covering panel further comprising a digitally printed decor on the top surface of the resilient layer of the base panel, and a process of producing covering panels from said base panels.
Claims14
Base panel suitable to be processed into a floor panel, a wall panel or a ceiling panel, consisting of the following layers:
- i. a substrate comprising polyvinyl chloride having a top surface, wherein the substrate comprises from 10 wt. % to 70 wt. % of filler, and wherein the substrate is a foamed substrate;
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- ii. a resilient layer comprising polyvinyl chloride having a top surface and a bottom surface, whereby the bottom surface is connected to the top surface of said substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.