Floor panel, as well as method, device and accessories for manufacturing such floor panel

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9611657
APP PUB NO 20160097204A1
SERIAL NO

14966305

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Floor panel, more particularly a laminate floor panel, which, at least at two opposite edges (2-3-4-5), is provided with coupling parts (6-7-8-9), whereby this floor panel (1), at its decorative side, forms an imitation of wood, from which, by means of a tool, wood portions have been removed from the surface, more particularly forms an imitation of so-called scraped wood, and whereby this floor panel (1) comprises a decor (10) representing a wood pattern (18), a top layer (11) on the basis of synthetic material (12), and an underlying substrate (13), whether or not composed of several layers or parts, characterized in that the floor panel (1), in the surface over which the decor (10) extends, is provided with embossed portions (19 and/or 20) continuing up into the aforementioned substrate (13), whereby these embossed portions (19 and/or 20) are at least applied in order to imitate the aforementioned removed wood portions.

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UNILIN BV8710 WIELSBEKE

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  • 2015 Application Filing Year
  • B44F Class
  • 74 Applications Filed
  • 54 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 72.98 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Meersseman, Laurent Kortrijk, BE 95 1168
Thiers, Bernard Eine, BE 61 1328
Vandevoorde, Christian Zulte, BE 10 197

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