Floor panel

US10094123B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FLOORING INDUSTIES LIMITED, SARL · LU

Inventors

• Laurent Meersseman · Kortrijk, BE
• Martin Segaert · Ieper, BE
• Bernard Thiers · Oostrozebeke, BE
• Benjamin CLEMENT · American Fork, US
• Christophe Maesen · Lichtervelde, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 27, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 27, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24777
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A floor panel may include a substrate and a top layer. The substrate may include a closed cell foamed PVC layer. The top layer may include a back layer, a printed synthetic material film, a transparent or translucent synthetic material wear layer, and a surface layer. The printed synthetic material film may be a printed PVC film. The transparent or translucent synthetic material wear layer may include a vinyl layer, and have a thickness of 1 millimeter or less. The surface layer may include a UV hardened substance. The floor panel may include a pair of long edges with first mechanical coupling parts and a pair of short edges with second mechanical coupling parts. The first mechanical coupling parts may have vertically active locking surfaces, and horizontally active locking surfaces formed in the material of the closed cell foamed PVC layer.