Floor covering, floor element and method for manufacturing floor elements

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 second coupling parts are made as a male coupling part and a 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 performed as another male coupling part and another 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 male coupling part of the first coupling parts is provided by a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part;
• wherein the downward-directed upper hook-shaped part comprises a lip with a downward-directed locking element which forms a male part;
• wherein the female coupling part of the first coupling parts is provided by an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part, wherein the upward-directed lower hook-shaped part comprises a lip with an upward-directed locking element, which, proximally thereof, defines a female part as a recess;
• wherein the first coupling parts are configured so as to allow connecting two of such floor elements to each other at the first pair of sides by moving the associated male coupling part in a downward direction towards and home into the recess of the female coupling part of the first coupling parts;
• wherein the floor element is arranged such that when two of such floor elements are coupled to one another, no vertical locking is provided between the coupled floor elements at a proximal end of the upward-directed locking element nor at a proximal end of the downward-directed locking element;
• wherein the floor element is arranged such that when two of such floor elements are coupled to one another, the male coupling part of the first coupling parts of the floor element with the female coupling part of the first coupling parts of the coupled floor element, a locking in vertical direction is provided at the distal end of the downward-directed locking element of the floor element engaging with a proximal end of the recess of the coupled floor element;
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• wherein the floor element is arranged such that when two of such floor elements are coupled to one another, the male coupling part of the first coupling parts of the floor element with the female coupling part of the first coupling parts of the coupled floor element, no locking in vertical direction is provided at the distal end of the upward-directed locking element.