Floor panels comprising a tile attached to a carrier
AssigneeVälinge Innovation AB
InventorsPer JOSEFSSON, Peter DERELÖV
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Abstract
A set of floor panels includes a first panel and a second panel comprising a ceramic tile attached to a carrier by an adhesive coating. A first and a second edge portion of the first and second panels comprise a locking groove and a strip provided with a locking element configured to cooperate with each other for horizontal locking of the first and second edge portions. The first and second edge portions further comprise a tongue and a tongue groove configured to cooperate with each other for vertical locking of the first and second edge portions. A rear side of the tile or an upper side of the carrier comprises a protruding member.
Claims19
A set of floor panels comprising a first panel and a second panel, each panel comprising a tile and a carrier, the tile being a rectangular or a square ceramic tile and the carrier comprising a thermoplastic material,
- wherein the tile is attached to the carrier by an adhesive coating arranged between an upper side of the carrier and a rear side of the tile,
- wherein a first and a second edge portion of the first and second panels comprise a locking groove and a strip provided with a locking element, the locking groove and the locking element being configured to cooperate with each other for horizontal locking of the first and second edge portions,
- wherein the first and second edge portions further comprise a tongue and a tongue groove, the tongue and the tongue groove being configured to cooperate with each other for vertical locking of the first and second edge portions,
- wherein one of the rear side of the tile or the upper side of the carrier comprises a protruding member, the protruding member defining a plurality of cavities in the one of rear side of the tile or the upper side of the carrier, and wherein the adhesive coating is arranged at least on an end portion of the protruding member,
- wherein the rear side and the upper side are non-complementary, such that the rear side and the upper side are spaced from each other at spacing portions, and
- wherein there is a joint gap between the tiles of the first and second panels in a locked state of the panels, the gap being configured to be at least partially filled by a grout element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.