Panel for forming a covering

A panel, for example a floor panel or a wall panel, for forming a covering,

• wherein this panel comprises a substrate and a top layer with a decorative surface, wherein the panel comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges;
• wherein the first pair of opposite edges defines a first edge and a second edge of the panel, and the second pair of opposite edges defines a third edge and a fourth edge of the panel;
• wherein the first pair of opposite edges comprises coupling parts for coupling two such panels to each other, these coupling parts having the following characteristic features:
• the coupling parts comprise a vertically active locking system which, in a coupled state of two such panels, brings about a locking at right angles to the plane of the panels;
• the coupling parts are configured in such a way that two such panels can be coupled to each other along these edges by means of a rotating movement;
• wherein the second pair of opposite edges comprises coupling parts for coupling two such panels to each other, these coupling parts having the following characteristic features:
• the coupling parts comprise a horizontally active locking system with horizontally active locking parts which, in a coupled state of two such panels, brings about a locking in the plane of the panels and at right angles to the respective edges;
• the coupling parts comprise a vertically active locking system with vertically active locking parts which, in a coupled state of two such panels, brings about a locking at right angles to the plane of the panels;
• the coupling parts are at least composed of an upwardly directed lower hook-shaped portion which is situated on the third edge, and a downwardly directed upper hook-shaped portion which is situated on the fourth edge, wherein the lower hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with an upwardly directed locking element which, proximally therefrom, defines a female part in the form of an upwardly directed recess, whereas the upper hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with a downwardly directed locking element which forms a male part and which, proximally therefrom, defines a downwardly directed recess, wherein the upwardly directed locking element is designed to extend at least partly in the downwardly directed recess and the downwardly directed locking element is designed to extend at least partly in the upwardly directed recess;
• the coupling parts are configured in such a way that two such panels can be coupled to each other along their respective edges by means of a downward movement of the one panel with respect to the other panel;
• the third edge comprises an upright first closing surface which extends substantially in the longitudinal direction of the third edge, and the fourth edge comprises an upright second closing surface which is complementary to the first closing surface and extends substantially in the longitudinal direction of the fourth edge, wherein, in the coupled state of two such panels, the first closing surface of the one panel virtually bears against the second closing surface of the other panel, both together thus forming an upright closing surface, this closing surface extending between the decorative surfaces and the vertically and horizontally active locking parts;
• wherein the second closing surface extends upright from a lower point, wherein a plane which extends parallel to the decorative surface and through this lower point divides the downwardly directed locking element into an upper portion and a lower portion which adjoins this upper portion, so that the lower portion is delimited by a distal side and a proximal side, as well as by a bottom of the downwardly directed locking element, this lower portion being designed to extend at least partly in the upwardly directed recess;
• characterized in that the panel has the following characteristic feature on the second pair of opposite edges:
• viewed along the longitudinal direction of the fourth edge, the lower portion of the downwardly directed locking element comprises a first section and a second section wherein, viewed along a direction parallel to the decorative surface and at right angles to the fourth edge, the distal side of the first section extends beyond the distal side of the second section and beyond the second closing surface.