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PANEL, COVERING AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH PANELS

  • US 20170101786A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2016
  • Published: 04/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A panel for forming a floor covering;

  • wherein the panel comprises a substrate of a material on the basis of soft PVC;

    wherein the panel comprises a top layer above said substrate;

    wherein this panel is rectangular, either oblong or square, and thus comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges;

    wherein both pairs of opposite edges comprise coupling parts allowing to couple a plurality of such panels to each other;

    wherein these coupling parts, at both pairs of edges, form a first locking system effecting a locking in the plane of the panels and perpendicular to the respective edges, as well as form a second locking system effecting a locking transverse to the plane of the panels;

    wherein these coupling parts, at both pairs of edges, substantially are realized from said substrate;

    wherein these coupling parts, at least at one of the aforementioned two pairs of edges, comprise a tongue and a groove, as well as a locking part at the tongue and a locking part at the groove, which, in the coupled condition, prevent the drifting apart of the tongue and groove via contacting locking surfaces;

    wherein said groove is bordered by a lower lip and an upper lip, whereby the lower lip extends laterally up to beyond the distal end of the upper lip;

    wherein said locking part at the groove is located at said lower lip;

    wherein said tongue and groove have a shape which provides for that, in the coupled condition of two of such panels, a space is present underneath the tongue, said space extending from the tip of the tongue continuously underneath the tongue at least up to a location situated beyond the distal end of the upper lip; and

    wherein said locking part that is located at said lower lip is situated completely in the lower half of the panel.

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