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US 12,179,468 B2Granted
Decorative panel and method for producing a panel
AssigneeChampion Link International Corporation
InventorsThomas Luc Martine Baert, Tom Van Poyer, Sven Boon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a floor or wall panel and to a method of producing such panel. The panel comprise at least one core layer comprising at least one composite material, said composite material comprising at least one mineral filler, and at least one thermoplastic binder, which are present in a preferred ratio and composition such that a relatively light weight and rigid panel is obtained.
Claims11
A floor or wall panel comprising:
- a substantially planar top side, a substantially planar bottom side, and at least four substantially linear side edges comprising at least one pair of opposite side edges;
- wherein the panel has a layered structure which comprises:
- at least one extruded and at least partially foamed core layer;
- and
- at least one decorative top layer;
- wherein the at least one extruded and at least partially foamed core layer comprises at least one composite material, said composite material comprising:
- at least one filler, wherein the at least one filler is a mineral filler;
- and
- at least one binder, wherein the at least one binder is a thermoplastic material;
- wherein the composite material comprises the at least one filler in an amount greater than or equal to 30 wt. % and the at least one binder in an amount less than or equal to 40 wt. %, and the ratio of mineral filler to thermoplastic material in the composite material is at least 3:1;
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- wherein the at least one extruded and at least partially foamed core layer has an average density variation, said average density variation across a lateral width of the at least one extruded and at least partially foamed core layer is within 10%.
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