US 11,946,251 B2
Decorative panel
Thomas Luc Martine Baert, Sint-Martens-Latem (BE); Tom Van Poyer, Jiaxing (CN); and Sven Boon, Jiaxing (CN)
Assigned to Champion Link International Corporation, The Valley (AI)
Filed by Champion Link International Corporation, The Valley (AI)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/454,381.
Claims priority of application No. 2029345 (NL), filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115940 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E04C 2/24 (2006.01); B05D 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 9/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/24 (2006.01); C08J 7/046 (2020.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01); E04F 13/16 (2006.01); E04F 13/18 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC E04C 2/246 (2013.01) [B05D 3/067 (2013.01); B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 9/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/24 (2013.01); C08J 7/046 (2020.01); E04F 13/0866 (2013.01); E04F 13/0894 (2013.01); E04F 13/16 (2013.01); E04F 13/18 (2013.01); E04F 15/02038 (2013.01); E04F 15/102 (2013.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01); E04F 15/107 (2013.01); B32B 2037/243 (2013.01); B32B 2255/10 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/536 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2310/0831 (2013.01); B32B 2419/04 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01); E04F 2201/023 (2013.01); E04F 2201/043 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decorative panel, the panel comprising:
at least one substrate comprising an upper surface and a bottom surface, wherein the substrate comprises:
at least one core layer; and
at least one decorative layer; and
at least one coating layer, wherein the coating layer is provided upon the upper surface of the substrate;
wherein the upper surface of the substrate has a Shore D hardness of at least 80 and wherein the coating layer has a Shore D hardness of at least 85, and wherein the core layer has a Vicat softening temperature of at least 80 degrees Celsius.
 
14. A method for producing a decorative panel, comprising the steps of:
a) providing at least one substrate comprising an upper surface and a bottom surface and two pairs of opposing side edges, wherein the substrate comprises:
at least one core layer; and
at least one decorative layer; and
wherein the upper surface of the substrate has a Shore D hardness of at least 80; and wherein the core layer has a Vicat softening temperature of at least 80 degrees Celsius, and
b) applying at least one coating layer upon the upper surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer is a crosslinkable coating layer;
c) curing said coating layer such that a crosslinked coating layer having a Shore D hardness of at least 85 is obtained.