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US 12,116,785 B2Granted
Floor panel
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorsKristof Van Vlassenrode, Paul Brusseel, Nick Vanhulle, Jochen Bossuyt
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Abstract
A floor panel with a substrate, including thermoplastic material, a decor provided thereon, and, on at least one pair of opposite edges, coupling parts realized at least partially from the substrate. The coupling parts allow a mechanical locking between two of such floor panels, where the substrate includes a rigid, non-foamed substrate layer of thermoplastic material.
Claims14
A floor panel comprising:
- a substrate;
- a decor provided on the substrate;
- a wear layer above the decor;
- and
- a lacquer layer above the decor;
- wherein said substrate comprises a rigid substrate layer of thermoplastic material, wherein said rigid substrate layer of thermoplastic material is non-foamed, or wherein said rigid substrate layer of thermoplastic material is foamed and shows a density reduction of at a maximum 10% due to said foaming, and wherein said thermoplastic material of the rigid substrate layer comprises a filler;
- wherein said rigid substrate layer has an overall thickness of at least half of the overall thickness of the floor panel;
- wherein said decor is chosen from a list consisting of:
- a decor printed directly on one or a plurality of base coats provided on said substrate;
- a decor printed on a decor carrier, wherein said decor carrier is a thermoplastic film or a paper layer impregnated with a melamine resin;
- and
- a decor being a veneer of wood or stone;
- wherein said wear layer is a thermoplastic foil having a thickness between 250 and 750 micrometers, or a paper layer impregnated with melamine resin;
- wherein a relief is formed in an upper side of said floor panel;
- wherein said relief reaches deeper than 100 microns;
- wherein said relief is provided by means of mechanical and/or chemical embossing;
- and
- wherein said lacquer layer has been hardened by excimer radiation.
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