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US 2006/0179774 A1Published application
Floor covering, floor panels for forming such floor covering, and method for realizing such floor panels
AssigneeFlooring Industies Ltd.
InventorBernard Thiers
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Abstract
Floor covering, consisting of hard panels, with a laminated structure, whereby at least at the upper surface a printed decorative layer with a wood pattern is present, with thereupon a transparent layer of synthetic material in which impressions are formed, wherein the impressions substantially follow the wood pattern.
Claims8
A laminate floor covering panel having a perimeter defining first and second pairs of opposite edges;
- said panel having a top side and a bottom side, and comprising a base plate and a top layer;
- said base plate being formed of a material selected from the group consisting of MDF and HDF;
- said base plate having an upper side and a lower side;
- said panel at least at said first pair of opposite edges being provided with coupling parts for mutually coupling a plurality of such panels to each other in a common plane to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling parts in coupled condition of two of such panels provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the panels as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of the panels;
- said top layer comprising a decorative layer;
- said decorative layer comprising a printed pattern;
- said printed pattern representing a wood pattern;
- said top layer defining a transparent or translucent synthetic layer on top of said decorative layer;
- said synthetic layer defining said top side of the panel;
- wherein said synthetic layer comprises impressions, said impressions arranged to simulate unevennesses which substantially follow said printed pattern to form an embossment which is in register with said printed pattern.
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