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PANEL

  • US 20170138061A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2017
  • Published: 05/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A floor panel having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges;

  • wherein the floor panel comprises a core layer and a decor layer, the core layer being made of a foam material;

    wherein the floor panel at the first pair of opposite edges comprises coupling parts that in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels provide a locking in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the coupled floor panels, as well as in a direction parallel to the plane of the coupled floor panels and perpendicular to respective opposite edges, the coupling parts at the first pair of opposite edges being configured such that they allow that two of such floor panels can be joined by an angling movement of one floor panel in respect to the other floor panel;

    wherein the second pair of opposite edges comprises a first edge having a first joint profile and a second edge having a second joint profile;

    wherein the first and second joint profiles are in one piece from the floor panel material;

    wherein the first and second joint profiles define coupling parts allowing that two of such floor panels can be joined by a downward movement of the first edge of one floor panel in respect to the second edge of the other floor panel;

    wherein the first and second joint profiles in a coupled condition provide a locking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coupled floor panels, as well as in a direction parallel to the plane of the coupled floor panels and perpendicular to the respective edges;

    wherein the first joint profile comprises a first laterally projecting lip with a downward projecting locking part, the downward projecting locking part defining a male part;

    wherein the second joint profile comprises a second laterally projecting lip with an upward projecting locking part, the upward projection locking part defining proximally thereof a recess acting as a female part;

    wherein the first laterally projecting lip with the downward projecting locking part defines a downward directed hook, whereas the second laterally projecting lip with the upward projecting locking part defines an upward directed hook;

    wherein, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, the downward directed hook and upward directed hook engage behind each other so as to prevent drifting apart of the floor panels in the direction parallel to the plane of the coupled floor panels and perpendicular to the respective edges;

    wherein the coupling parts at the second pair of opposite edges comprise vertically active locking portions which at least define a first point of contact and a second point of contact;

    wherein the vertically active locking portions comprise at the first joint profile a first locking portion and a second locking portion and at the second joint profile a third locking portion and a fourth locking portion;

    wherein the first and third locking portions have contact surfaces which in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels define the first point of contact; and

    wherein the second and fourth locking portions have contact surfaces which in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels define the second point of contact.

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