Floor covering

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9068356-B2
Application number	US-201414560704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Jun 20, 2000
Publication date	Jun 30, 2015
Grant date	Jun 30, 2015

Abstract

Hard panels formed from a wood-based material and having a decorative layer for floor coverings are provided, at least on two opposite edges, with coupling devices made in one piece with the panels wherein similar panels may be coupled together to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling devices provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of coupled panels. These coupling devices are constituted of a tongue and a groove. The top side of the tongue has a protrusion that cooperates with a meshing recess located in the lower side of the upper lip of the groove of the coupling devices, and a portion extending generally parallel with the plane of the panel to form a contact surface cooperating with the lower side of the upper lip of the groove.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A floor panel, for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor panel is generally made of synthetic material;
wherein the floor panel comprises two pairs of opposite edges;
wherein the first pair of opposite edges comprises first coupling means, as a result of which several of such floor panels can be mutually coupled to one another, whereby said first coupling means provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled…

Assignees

• Flooring Ind Ltd Sarl

Inventors

• Thiers Bernard
• Cappelle Mark

Classifications

• B32B21/042

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• E04F2201/0161

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• E04F2201/026

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• B32B21/02

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• E04F15/10

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic