Set of floor panels and method for composing thereof
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorsJasper De Jaeger, Kristof Vangeenberghe, Bram Verschatse, Mark Cappelle
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Abstract
A set of floor panels is intended for installing a floor in a room. The set comprises a plurality of first floor panels having a common shape and dimension, and one or more second floor panels showing an adaptation of the common shape and/or the common dimension. The adaptation is performed corresponding to the aforementioned room. A method for composing such set of floor panels.
Claims25
A method for composing a set of panels, the set of panels being configured to form a surface covering for a room having a predetermined shape, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a data set in accordance with at least a surface area of said room;
- establishing an installation plan suitable for the room on a basis of said data set, taking desired limitations, including specifying a main direction of rows of the set of panels in the installation plan, into account;
- producing or providing one or more first panels for inclusion in the set of panels, each of the first panels having a predetermined panel shape and predetermined dimension common to one another;
- producing the set of panels, which, according to the installation plan, comprising one or more second panels each having an adaptation of shape or dimension by modifying the second panel to be modified from the predetermined panel shape or predetermined dimension of the first panel;
- wherein the one or more second panels together with the one or more first panels are configured to together form said surface covering and form the predetermined shape.
A method for composing a set of panels, the set of panels configured to form a surface covering for a room having a predetermined shape, the method comprising the steps of:
- generating a data set in accordance with at least a surface area of said room;
- establishing an installation plan suitable for the room;
- wherein the step of establishing the installation plan is performed by a computer;
- wherein the computer, on a basis of said data set, taking desired limitations, including specifying a main direction of rows of the set of panel in the installation plan, into account, proposes the installation plan;
- producing the set of panels, which, according to the installation plan, comprising one or more second panels each having an adaptation of shape or dimension by modifying the second panel to be modified from a predetermined panel shape or predetermined dimension of a first panel;
- producing or providing a plurality of the first panels for inclusion in the set of panels, each of the first panels having a predetermined panel shape and predetermined dimension common to one another;
- wherein the one or more second panels together with the plurality of first panels are configured to together form said surface covering and form the predetermined shape;
- wherein the set of panels is configured for forming the surface covering of the room having a predetermined shape without further adaptations to the panels of the set of panels;
- wherein at least some of the second panels comprise an adaptation in accordance with a course of one or more walls of the respective room;
- wherein said adaptation of the one or more second panels comprises a shortening in width of the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.