Tile Panel Set, Tile Panel, Tile Panel Covering, and Installation Method

A tile panel set, in particular a floor tile panel set or wall tile panel set, comprising a plurality of identical tile panels, wherein said tile panels are configured to being joined in a perpendicular installation pattern, such as a herringbone pattern, wherein each tile panel is elongate rectangular, and wherein each tile panel comprises:

• a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges, wherein both the long and the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling profiles which allow the tile panels from the set to be coupled together,
• wherein the one long edge is provided with a first coupling profile and the other long edge is provided with a second coupling profile,
• wherein the one short edge is provided with a third coupling profile and the other short edge is provided with a fourth coupling profile,
• wherein the first coupling profile is configured to be fitted into the second coupling of another tile panel of the tile panel set by means of a rotational movement;
• wherein the third coupling profile is configured to be fitted into the first coupling profile of another identical tile panel of the tile panel set by means of a lowering movement and/or fold-down movement and/or vertical movement;
• and
• wherein the fourth coupling profile is configured to be fitted into the second coupling profile of another identical tile panel of the tile panel set by means of a lowering movement and/or fold-down movement and/or vertical movement,
• wherein, in coupled condition of adjacent tile panels, an upper section of a seam formed in between either the first coupling profile or second coupling profile of a first tile panel and either the third coupling profile or the fourth coupling profile of a second tile panel defines a vertical plane, and
• wherein the coupled coupling profile of the third coupling profile and the fourth coupling profile is situated entirely at one side of said vertical plane;
• wherein the first coupling profile comprises a sidewardly extending intermediate lip, and wherein the second coupling profile comprises a recess configured for accommodating at least a part of the intermediate lip of another, tile panel of the tile panel set, said recess being defined by an upper lip and a lower lip;
• wherein the intermediate lip comprises at least one intermediate upward locking element configured to engage interlockingly with another coupling profile, in particular the third coupling profile and/or the fourth coupling profile of another tile panel of the tile panel set, in a horizontal direction and/or in a vertical direction;
• wherein at least a part of a proximal side surface of the intermediate upward locking element is upwardly inclined in a direction away from a top surface of the tile panel and/or wherein at least a part of a proximal side surface of the intermediate upward locking element is upwardly inclined in a direction towards a top surface of the tile panel;
• wherein said inclined proximal side surface defines an upper contact surface for co-action with a contact surface of the third coupling profile and/or fourth coupling profile of an adjacent tile panel;
• wherein at least a part of a bottom surface of the intermediate upward locking element connecting to a distal side surface of the intermediate upward locking element is upwardly inclined in a direction away from an upper section of said first coupling profile, positioned above said intermediate lip;
• wherein said bottom surface defines a lower contact surface for co-action with a contact surface of the third coupling profile and/or fourth coupling profile of an adjacent tile panel, and;
• wherein a tangent defined by the upper contact surface and a tangent defined by the lower contact surface mutually enclose an angle situated in between and including 0 and 45 degrees, and/or wherein a tangent defined by the upper contact surface runs steeper than a tangent defined by the lower contact surface, and/or;
• wherein, in coupled condition of tile panels, wherein the first coupling profile is coupled to the third coupling profile and/or fourth coupling profile of an adjacent tile panel, a continuous space extends between the upper contact surface and the lower contact surface.