Direct laminated floor

• US 6,688,061 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2002
• Issued: 02/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Faus Group (Faus Group /Management/)
• Original Assignee: Industrias Auxiliares Faus SL (Industrias Auxiliares)
• Inventors: Garcia, Eugenio Cruz
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman, Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thissell, Jennifer I.
• Application Number:
  US10/127,602
• Publication Number:
  US 20020110669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 658 Days
• Field of Search: 523/14, 523/16, 523/13, 523/15, 523/92, 523/111, 428/15, 428/33, 428/50, 428/83, 428/542.2
• US Class Current: 52/311.1
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2260/02 Composition of the impregnated, bonded or embedded layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2260/026 Wood layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2260/046 Synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 23/02 in the form of fibres or filaments not used
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 23/04 comprising such cellulosic plastic substance as the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the same or of a different material next to a glass layer B32B17/08
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 23/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 5/0438 containing stone elements
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 5/0492 containing wooden elements
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02 Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of webs E04F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02033 Joints with beveled or recessed upper edges
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/04 only of wood or with a top layer of wood, e.g. with wooden or metal connecting members rollable parquet E04F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/10 of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard , or with a top layer of other materials
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24777 Edge feature

Abstract

New direct laminated floor, of the kind that contain, on their surface, cellulose sheets impregnated in polymerizable resins, on which some characteristics have been drawn and where, once pressed and mechanized, the finished strips have an offset/sunk area on the peripheral edge and the optic/tactile texture of the surface corresponds and adapts to the characteristics drawn on the cellulose sheets.

For application in the construction industry.

Claims

1. A laminated material comprising cellulose sheets impregnated with a polymer resin that are mechanically pressed and cut into a product, wherein the product includes a surface with both a perimeter area having an edge contour and an interior region, wherein the perimeter area is relieved such that the edge contour is below the interior region, wherein the surface is mechanically formed with a surface texture that varies in accordance with the visual pattern, and wherein the surface is formed from a cellulose sheet having a visual pattern that imitates another product.

2. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the surface is polygon shaped.

3. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the surface is rectangular.

4. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the surface is square.

5. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the surface is mechanically formed with a surface texture that varies in accordance with the visual pattern.

6. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the surface visually depicts wood.

7. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the surface visually depicts ceramic.

8. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the surface visually depicts stone.

9. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the product is a board.

10. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the product is a floorboard.

11. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the product is a wall panel.

12. A laminated material according to claim 1, wherein the product includes sidewalls that extend down from said edge contours to a rim.

13. A laminated material according to claim 12, wherein the rim is formed by mechanical pressing.

14. A laminated material according to claim 13, wherein the rim mates with another laminated material product.