Floor element for forming a floor covering, a floor covering, and a method for manufacturing a floor element
AssigneeDaltile Corporation
InventorsRahul Patki, Claudio Caselli
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Abstract
A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a decorative layer made of a ceramic material and a support layer arranged below the decorative layer, wherein the support layer comprises edges provided with coupling elements configured to allow a mechanical coupling with coupling elements of an adjacent floor element, wherein the floor element comprises an intermediate layer having a resin material that permeates a lower surface of the decorative layer, and wherein the intermediate layer is an adhesive layer that bonds together the decorative layer and the support layer.
Claims20
A floor element for forming a floor covering, the floor element comprising:
- a decorative layer made of a brittle material, the brittle material comprising a sintered ceramic material;
- a support layer arranged below the decorative layer;
- and
- an intermediate reinforcing layer,
- wherein the support layer comprises edges provided with coupling elements configured to realize a mechanical coupling with coupling elements of an adjacent floor element,
- wherein the intermediate reinforcing layer comprises a resin material that permeates a lower surface of the decorative layer, and
- wherein the intermediate layer is an adhesive layer that bonds the decorative layer and the support layer together.
A method for manufacturing a floor element, the method comprising:
- providing a decorative layer made of a brittle material;
- providing a support layer;
- providing a resin material for bonding the decorative layer and the support layer together;
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- pressing the decorative layer and the support layer together for forming the floor element such that the resin material permeates the decorative layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.