US 11,865,827 B2
Panel and method for manufacturing a panel
Benjamin Clement, Waregem (BE); Sam Ledegen, Ghent (BE); and José Meirlaen, Deinze (BE)
Assigned to FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL, Bertrange (LU)
Appl. No. 17/593,780
Filed by FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL, Bertrange (LU)
PCT Filed Mar. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/052794
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194202, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/823,284, filed on Mar. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161539 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 37/24 (2006.01); A47B 96/20 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01); E04F 13/16 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 37/24 (2013.01) [A47B 96/206 (2013.01); B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/10 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); E04F 13/0866 (2013.01); E04F 13/165 (2013.01); E04F 15/02188 (2013.01); E04F 15/107 (2013.01); B32B 2037/243 (2013.01); B32B 2255/10 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2260/021 (2013.01); B32B 2260/028 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2307/4023 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/414 (2013.01); B32B 2307/554 (2013.01); B32B 2307/726 (2013.01); B32B 2419/04 (2013.01); B32B 2607/00 (2013.01); E04F 2201/023 (2013.01); E04F 2201/042 (2013.01); E04F 2201/043 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a panel comprising the following steps of:
providing a substrate;
providing a top layer comprising a binder and a melamine-based resin, wherein the top layer is provided on top of the substrate; and
curing the melamine-based resin directly on top of the substrates;
wherein the top layer comprises a binding layer comprising the binder and wherein the top layer comprises at least a melamine-based layer; and
wherein the binding layer is interposed between the substrate and the melamine-based layer.