Floor panel
AssigneeFlooring Industries Limited, Sarl
InventorsLaurent Meersseman, Martin Segaert
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Abstract
A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.
Claims14
A panel, wherein said panel is selected from a list consisting of a floor panel, a wall panel and a ceiling panel, said panel comprising:
- a substrate having a top side and a bottom side;
- said substrate comprising a synthetic material board and having a density of at least 450 kilograms per cubic meter;
- a top layer provided on said substrate;
- said top layer comprising a print and a translucent or transparent layer based on synthetic material provided over said print;
- wherein said translucent or transparent layer is a vinyl layer or a polyurethane layer having a thickness of 0.25 to 0.7 millimeter
- wherein said substrate at least at two opposite edges includes mechanical coupling means consisting of milled profiles, which, for at least 70 percent of their circumference are provided in said synthetic material board;
- wherein said mechanical coupling means offer a locking in a horizontal direction as well as in vertical direction and are substantially realized in a form of a tongue and a groove having locking parts, wherein said groove is bordered by a lower lip and an upper lip;
- wherein at least a first pair of horizontally active locking surfaces of the coupling means is realized in the substrate and wherein at least a second pair of horizontally active locking surfaces of the coupling means is at least partially and entirely realized in the top layer;
- wherein one or more pairs of vertically active locking surfaces are formed at least partially from the substrate;
- wherein the mechanical coupling means allow a coupling by means of a turning movement along the respective edges and/or a horizontal shifting movement of the edges towards each other;
- wherein the lower lip bordering said groove extends in a horizontal direction beyond the upper lip;
- wherein said lower lip, in a coupled condition, is bent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.