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US 12,338,638 B2Granted
Decorative panel, and decorative floor covering consisting of said panels
Assigneei4F Licensing NV
InventorEddy Alberic Boucké
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Abstract
In the field of decorative floor coverings, decorative panels are known having a MDF (Medium Density Board) or HDF (High Density Board) based core layer on top of which a decorative substrate is attached to provide the panels a desired appearance. The invention relates to a panel, in particular a decorative panel, a floor panel, a ceiling panel or a wall panel. The invention also relates to a floor covering consisting of a plurality of mutually coupled panels.
Claims24
A decorative panel, comprising:
- a core provided with an upper side and a lower side,
- a decorative top structure comprising:
- at least one decorative layer, and
- at least one transparent wear layer covering said decorative layer,
- wherein the top structure is affixed on said upper side of the core,
- a first panel edge comprising a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge comprising a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlinkingly with said first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction, wherein the first coupling profile and the second coupling profile make up an integral part of the core,
- at least one antimicrobial substance, applied as a coating, solely on at least a part of the first coupling profile and/or at least a part of the second coupling profile, and
- at least one other antimicrobial substance dispersed within the at least one decorative layer of the top structure.
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A decorative panel, comprising:
- a core provided with an upper side and a lower side,
- a decorative top structure comprising:
- at least one decorative layer,
- at least one transparent wear layer covering said decorative layer, and
- a finishing layer situated in between the at least one decorative layer and the at least one transparent wear layer,
- wherein the top structure is affixed on said upper side of the core,
- a first panel edge comprising a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge comprising a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction, wherein the first coupling profile and the second coupling profile make up an integral part of the core,
- at least one antimicrobial substance, applied as a coating, solely on at least a part of the first coupling profile and/or at least a part of the second coupling profile, and
- at least one other antimicrobial substance dispersed within the finishing layer of the top structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.