Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering
AssigneeDal-Tile, LLC
InventorsClaudio Caselli, Rahul Patki
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Abstract
Floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a decorative layer, a support layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the decorative layer and the support layer, wherein the decorative layer is made of a brittle material, wherein the floor elements comprises edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in said floor covering and wherein the intermediate layer comprises at least one edge that is offset relative to a respective edge of the decorative layer.
Claims15
A floor element for forming a floor covering, the floor element comprising:
- a decorative layer comprising a brittle material comprising a ceramic body, the decorative layer having a lower surface that is flat;
- a support layer;
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- an intermediate layer disposed between and bonding the decorative layer and the support layer together and improving the impact strength of the decorative layer, the intermediate layer comprising a thermosetting resin or thermoplastic resin,
- wherein the floor element comprises edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in the floor covering,
- wherein the intermediate layer comprises at least one edge that is offset relative to a respective edge of the decorative layer, and
- wherein the thermosetting resin or thermoplastic resin has a compressive strength between 90 and 130 MPa.
The floor element according to 10, wherein the decorative layer has an apparent porosity between 0.1% and 10% determined according to ASTM C373.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.