Floor covering material and method for manufacturing same

A method for manufacturing a floor covering material, wherein the floor covering material comprises at least a foamed layer, a printed decor provided thereon and a transparent wear layer,

• wherein the method comprises at least the following steps:
• providing a layer to be foamed;
• providing an inhibitor on the layer to be foamed at the location of the second edge region to be formed, and foaming the layer to be foamed, wherein a degree of foaming of said foamed layer at a location of the first lowered edge region of the first pair of opposite edges is different than a degree of foaming from a location of a second lowered edge region of the second pair of opposite edges;
• providing the printed decor on the layer to be foamed or already foamed, wherein the printed decor represents a plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements that forms a representation of a floor,
• wherein each of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements comprise an upper surface and edges forming a perimeter of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements, wherein said edges comprise walls that extend below the upper surface of the one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements;
• providing the transparent wear layer on the printed decor;
• mechanically embossing the already foamed whole at the location of the first edge region to be formed,
• wherein the floor covering material is a web-shaped floor covering material, wherein said plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements represent a plurality of floor panels in adjacent-situated rows, wherein said rows extend in the longitudinal direction of said web-shaped floor covering material,
• wherein the edges comprise at least a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges, wherein the first pair of opposite edges comprise a first geometry on a first edge, and the second pair of opposite edges comprise a second geometry on a second edge, wherein the second edge is adjacent to said first edge and said first and second geometries are different, and wherein the first pair of opposite edges and the second pair of opposite edges form the entire perimeter of at least one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements,
• wherein a wall of the first pair of opposite edges of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements forms a first lowered edge region with a wall of the first pair of opposite edges of an adjacent panel-shaped and
• a wall of the second pair of opposite edges of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements forms a second lowered edge region with a wall of the second pair of opposite edges of an adjacent panel-shaped or tile-shaped element,
• wherein the first lowered edge region has a deepest point which is situated lower than a deepest point of the second lowered edge region.

A floor covering material, wherein the floor covering material comprises at least a foamed layer, a printed decor provided thereon, and a transparent wear layer,

• wherein the printed decor represents a plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements, wherein said plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements are rectangular,
• wherein each of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements comprise an upper surface and edges forming a perimeter of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements, wherein said edges comprise walls that extend below the upper surface of the one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements,
• wherein the edges comprise at least a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges, wherein the first pair of opposite edges comprise a first geometry on a first edge, and the second pair of opposite edges comprise a second geometry on a second edge, wherein the second edge is adjacent to said first edge and said first and second geometries are different, and wherein the first pair of opposite edges and the second pair of opposite edges form the entire perimeter of at least one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements,
• wherein the walls of the first pair of opposite edges form a first angle with respect to the upper surface which is steeper than a second angle formed by the walls of the second pair of opposite edges with respect to the upper surface, wherein a wall of the first pair of opposite edges of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements forms a first lowered edge region with a wall of the first pair of opposite edges of an adjacent panel-shaped or tile-shaped element or
• a wall of the second pair of opposite edges of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements forms a second lowered edge region with a wall of the second pair of opposite edges of an adjacent panel-shaped or tile-shaped element wherein a degree of foaming of said foamed layer at a location of the first lowered edge region of the first pair of opposite edges having the first geometry is different than a degree of foaming from a location of the second lowered edge region of the second pair of opposite edges having the second geometry.

A floor covering material, wherein the floor covering material comprises at least a foamed layer, a printed decor provided thereon, and a transparent wear layer,

• wherein the printed decor represents a plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements, wherein said plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements are rectangular, wherein each of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements are arranged parallel so that the first pair of opposite edges is a short edge and the second pair of opposite edges is a long edge;
• wherein each of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements comprise an upper surface and edges forming a perimeter of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements, wherein said edges comprise walls that extend below the upper surface of the one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements,
• wherein the edges comprise at least a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges, wherein the first pair of opposite edges comprise a first geometry on a first edge, and the second pair of opposite edges comprise a second geometry on a second edge, wherein the second edge is adjacent to said first edge and said first and second geometries are different, and wherein the first pair of opposite edges and the second pair of opposite edges form the entire perimeter of at least one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements,
• wherein a wall of the first pair of opposite edges of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements forms a first lowered edge region with a wall of the first pair of opposite edges of an adjacent panel-shaped or tile-shaped element or
• a wall of the second pair of opposite edges of one of the plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements forms a second lowered edge region with a wall of the second pair of opposite edges of an adjacent panel-shaped or tile-shaped element,
• wherein the first lowered edge region at the upper surface of the floor covering material has a width which is more than a width of the second lowered edge region at the upper surface of the floor covering material wherein a degree of foaming of said foamed layer at a location of the first lowered edge region of the first pair of opposite edges having the first geometry is different than a degree of foaming from a location of the second lowered edge region of the second pair of opposite edges having the second geometry.