Floor covering, floor element and method for manufacturing floor elements
AssigneeFlooring Industries Limited, Sarl
InventorMark Cappelle
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Abstract
A floor covering, made of floor elements, which, at least at two opposite sides, include a male coupling part and a female coupling part, which allow that two of such floor elements can be interconnected at the respective sides at the respective sides by pushing one of these floor elements with the associated male coupling part, by a downward movement, home into the female coupling part of the other floor element. At least one of the coupling parts, either the male coupling part or the female coupling part, is made at least partially in a filled synthetic material composite, such as extruded wood.
Claims32
A floor element comprising a substrate and a top layer;
- wherein the floor element comprises first coupling parts at a first pair of opposite sides and second coupling parts at a second pair of opposite sides;
- wherein the first coupling parts are performed as a male coupling part and a female coupling part, the first coupling parts are provided with vertically active locking portions effecting a locking in vertical direction when the first coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other, and also with horizontally active locking portions effecting a locking in horizontal direction when the first coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other;
- wherein the second coupling parts are made as another male coupling part and another female coupling part, the second coupling parts are provided with vertically active locking portions effecting a locking in vertical direction when the second coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other, and also with horizontally active locking portions effecting a locking in horizontal direction when the second coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other;
- wherein the male coupling part of the first coupling parts is partially or entirely provided out of synthetic material;
- and
- wherein in a coupled condition of two such floor elements at a first pair of opposite sides of each of the two such floor elements, a visual imitation of a cement joint is provided by the synthetic material of the male coupling part of the first coupling parts.
A floor element comprising a substrate and a top layer;
- wherein the top layer comprises a decorative layer with a printed décor;
- or wherein the decorative layer consists of a printed décor, or wherein the top layer comprises a decorative film;
- wherein the floor element comprises first coupling parts at a first pair of opposite sides and second coupling parts at a second pair of opposite sides;
- wherein the first coupling parts are performed as a male coupling part and a female coupling part, the first coupling parts are provided with vertically active locking portions effecting a locking in vertical direction when the first coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other, and also with horizontally active locking portions effecting a locking in horizontal direction when the first coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other;
- wherein the second coupling parts are made as another male coupling part and another female coupling part, the second coupling parts are provided with vertically active locking portions effecting a locking in vertical direction when the second coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other, and also with horizontally active locking portions effecting a locking in horizontal direction when the second coupling parts of two of such floor elements cooperate with each other;
- wherein the first coupling parts are provided out of filled synthetic material;
- and
- wherein in a coupled condition of two such floor elements at a first pair of opposite sides of each of the two such floor elements, a visual imitation of a cement joint is provided by the synthetic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.