Floor panel for forming a floor covering

A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel comprises:

• a composed substrate;
• wherein said floor panel comprises coupling parts on at least two opposite edges, which coupling parts allow that two of such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel;
• wherein these coupling parts, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, form a first locking system which effects a locking in a first direction in the plane of the floor panels and perpendicular to said edges, as well as form a second locking system which effects a locking in a second direction transverse to the plane of the floor panels;
• wherein the first locking system is formed at least of an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part which is situated on one of said two opposite edges, as well as a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part which is situated on the other, opposite edge of said two opposite edges, which hook-shaped parts can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement;
• wherein the lower hook-shaped part consists of a lip with an upward-directed locking element, whereas the upper hook-shaped part consists of a lip with a downward-directed locking element;
• wherein the second locking system comprises locking parts, which respectively are situated in the proximity of the proximal extremity of the lower hook-shaped part and the distal extremity of the upper hook-shaped part;
• wherein said composed substrate consists at least of two substrate layers, to with a synthetic material-based first substrate layer and a second substrate layer situated directly there above, which second substrate layer has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm;
• wherein these substrate layers are realized according to any of the following possibilities or according to a combination thereof:
• the density of the first substrate layer is different from the density of the second substrate layer, and the second substrate layer has a higher density than the first substrate layer;
• the first substrate layer is foamed and is of the closed cell-type and still more of the so-called hard foam-type, and the second substrate layer is not foamed or is less foamed than the first substrate layer;
• the first substrate layer is extruded;
• both substrate layers are glued to each other, by means of a waterproof glue;
• wherein said locking parts are provided with locking surfaces, which, there, where they cooperate in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, define a tangent line which is horizontal or does not deviate more than 50 degrees from the horizontal;
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• wherein said locking surfaces are situated closer to the upper side of the first substrate layer than to the lower side of the first substrate layer, irrespective whether these are situated in or not in said second substrate layer.

A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel comprises a composed substrate;

• wherein said floor panel comprises coupling parts on at least two opposite edges, which coupling parts allow that two of such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel;
• wherein these coupling parts, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, form a first locking system which effects a locking in a first direction in the plane of the floor panels and perpendicular to said edges, as well as form a second locking system which effects a locking in a second direction transverse to the plane of the floor panels;
• wherein the first locking system is formed at least of an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part which is situated on one of said two opposite edges, as well as a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part which is situated on the other, opposite edge of said two opposite edges, which hook-shaped parts can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement;
• wherein the lower hook-shaped part consists of a lip with an upward-directed locking element, whereas the upper hook-shaped part consists of a lip with a downward-directed locking element;
• wherein the second locking system comprises locking parts, which respectively are situated in the proximity of the proximal extremity of the lower hook-shaped part and the distal extremity of the upper hook-shaped part;
• wherein said composed substrate consists at least of two substrate layers, to with a first synthetic material-based substrate layer and a second substrate layer situated directly there above, which second substrate layer has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm;
• wherein these substrate layers are realized according to any of the following possibilities or according to a combination thereof:
• the density of the first substrate layer is different from the density of the second substrate layer, and the second substrate layer has a higher density than the first substrate layer;
• the first substrate layer is foamed and is of the closed cell-type and is of the so-called hard foam-type, and the second substrate layer is not foamed or is less foamed than the first substrate layer;
• the first substrate layer is extruded;
• both substrate layers are glued to each other, by means of a waterproof glue;
• wherein said locking parts are provided with locking surfaces, which, there, where they cooperate in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, define a tangent line which is horizontal or does not deviate more than 50 degrees from the horizontal;
• wherein said locking surfaces are at least partially situated in the first substrate layer, and are situated therein entirely;
• wherein said upward-directed locking element and said downward-directed locking element each are provided with a locking surface, which locking surfaces, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, cooperate;
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• wherein the locking distance is smaller than 1 cm, which locking distance is formed by the horizontal distance between a vertical closing plane formed between two of such floor panels in the coupled condition, and a vertical plane through the middle of the zone over which said locking surfaces of the locking elements contact each other in the coupled condition.

A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this floor panel comprises a composed substrate;

• wherein said floor panel comprises coupling parts on at least two opposite edges, which coupling parts allow that two of such floor panels can be coupled to each other by means of a downward movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel;
• wherein these coupling parts, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, form a first locking system which effects a locking in a first direction in the plane of the floor panels and perpendicular to said edges, as well as form a second locking system which effects a locking in a second direction transverse to the plane of the floor panels;
• wherein the first locking system is formed at least of an upward-directed lower hook-shaped part which is situated on one of said two opposite edges, as well as a downward-directed upper hook-shaped part which is situated on the other, opposite edge of said two opposite edges, which hook-shaped parts can be engaged behind each other by means of said downward movement;
• wherein the lower hook-shaped part consists of a lip with an upward-directed locking element, whereas the upper hook-shaped part consists of a lip with a downward-directed locking element;
• wherein the second locking system comprises locking parts, which respectively are situated in the proximity of the proximal extremity of the lower hook-shaped part and the distal extremity of the upper hook-shaped part;
• wherein said composed substrate consists at least of two substrate layers, to with a first synthetic material-based substrate layer and a second substrate layer situated directly there above, which second substrate layer has a thickness of at least 0.5 mm;
• wherein these substrate layers are realized according to any of the following possibilities or according to a combination thereof:
• the density of the first substrate layer is different from the density of the second substrate layer, and the second substrate layer has a higher density than the first substrate layer;
• the first substrate layer is foamed and is of the closed cell-type and is of the so-called hard foam-type, and the second substrate layer is not foamed or is less foamed than the first substrate layer;
• the first substrate layer is extruded;
• both substrate layers are glued to each other, by means of a waterproof glue;
• wherein said locking parts are provided with locking surfaces, which, there, where they cooperate in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, define a tangent line which is horizontal or does not deviate more than 50 degrees from the horizontal;
• and
• wherein said locking surfaces are at least partially situated in the second substrate layer, and are situated therein entirely.