Floor covering, floor panels for forming such floor covering, and method for realizing such floor panels
AssigneeFlooring Industries, Ltd.
InventorBernard Paul Joseph 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.
Claims7
A floor covering panel comprising a top side and at least two opposite edges including coupling elements made in one piece with the panel, wherein said coupling elements, when two of such panels are coupled to each other, provide for a locking according to a direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor covering formed by said coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the coupled edges and parallel to the plane of said floor covering;
- wherein said panel is of a laminated structure formed by a core material and a top layer formed by direct pressure laminate (DPL), said core material made from a material selected from a group consisting of high density fiberboard and medium density fiberboard ;
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- wherein said panel at at least two opposite upper edges is provided with bevels formed by cut-away portions extending through the direct pressure laminate and part of the underlaying core material.
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