Flooring system having complementary sub-panels
AssigneeFaus Group, Inc.
InventorEugenio Cruz Garcia
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Abstract
Laminated flooring panels include decorative motifs, mechanically embossed-in-registration surface textures, recessed perimeters, and locking mechanisms. The locking mechanisms facilitate the alignment of adjacent flooring panels. Adjacent flooring panels substantially aligned allow embossed-in-registration patterns to be substantially continuous across adjacent flooring panels. The recessed perimeter prevents the edges of the flooring panel from prematurely wearing. Individual flooring panels within the flooring system may comprise at least one partial sub-panel having a decorative motif and/or embossed surface texture that is complementary with a decorative motif and/or embossed surface texture of a neighboring partial sub-panel.
Claims19
A flooring system, comprising:
- at least two flooring panels, each flooring panel comprising:
- a plurality of side surfaces;
- a first upper surface adjacent at least a portion of the plurality of side surfaces;
- a second upper surface adjacent at least a portion of the plurality of side surfaces, wherein the first upper surface is lower than the second upper surface and;
- at least one partial sub-panel, wherein neighboring partial sub-panels of adjacent flooring panels are complementary such that at least one of at least one decorative motif and at least one embossed surface texture is substantially continuous across at least a portion of a neighboring partial sub-panel.
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