Decorative panels comprising a timber composite
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorPeter Chan
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Abstract
A decorative panel including a substrate material and decorative top layer, wherein the decorative top layer includes at least one timber layer, wherein the timber layer is a compressed timber layer with a permanent increased density as compared to an original timber layer, wherein the decorative panel is a square or rectangular floor panel which, at, at least one pair of opposite edges, or at both pairs, includes mechanical coupling allowing to couple two of such floor panels to each other such that a locking is created in a vertical direction perpendicular to a plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a coupled edge and in the plane of the coupled panels, the mechanical coupling being in the substrate material.
Claims19
A decorative panel comprising:
- a substrate material;
- and
- a decorative top layer that comprises at least one timber layer that is a compressed timber layer with a permanent increased density as compared to an original timber layer;
- wherein the decorative panel is a square or rectangular floor panel which, at least at one pair of opposite edges or at both pairs of opposite edges, comprises a mechanical coupling configured to allow coupling of two of such floor panels to each other, such that a locking is created in a vertical direction, which is perpendicular to a plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a horizontal direction, which is perpendicular to a coupled edge and is in the plane of the coupled panels;
- wherein the mechanical coupling is in the substrate material;
- and
- wherein the mechanical coupling of the at least one pair of opposite edges allows a coupling by a downward-directed movement.
A decorative panel comprising:
- a substrate material;
- and
- a decorative top layer that comprises at least one timber layer that is a compressed timber layer with naturally occurring vessels throughout a thickness of the wood structure, wherein the vessels are collapsed;
- wherein the decorative panel is a square or rectangular floor panel which, at a first pair of opposite edges and at a second pair of opposite edges, comprises a mechanical coupling configured to allow coupling of two of such floor panels to each other, such that a locking is created in a vertical direction, which is perpendicular to a plane of the coupled panels, as well as in a horizontal direction, which is perpendicular to the coupled edge and is in the plane of the coupled panels;
- wherein the mechanical couplings are in the substrate material;
- wherein the mechanical coupling of the first pair of opposite edges allows a coupling by a turning movement along respective edges of the first pair of opposite edges;
- wherein the mechanical coupling of the second pair of opposite edges allows a coupling by a downward-directed movement and comprises a male coupling part and a female coupling part, and wherein, by the downward movement, the male coupling part is pushed into the female coupling part.
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