US 11,987,994 B2
Floor panel and method for manufacturing a floor panel
Kristof Van Vlassenrode, Deinze (BE); and Nick Vanhulle, Anzegem (BE)
Assigned to UNILIN BV, Wielsbeke (BE)
Filed by FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL, Bertrange (LU)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,878.
Application 17/965,878 is a continuation of application No. 16/751,418, filed on Jan. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,499,322.
Application 16/751,418 is a continuation of application No. 16/333,364, granted, now 10,794,068, issued on Oct. 6, 2020, previously published as PCT/IB2017/055965, filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/443,166, filed on Jan. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016/5732 (BE), filed on Oct. 3, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0033802 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E04F 15/10 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B32B 21/02 (2006.01); B32B 21/06 (2006.01); B32B 21/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/22 (2006.01); B32B 37/24 (2006.01); B32B 38/06 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 15/107 (2013.01) [B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 9/02 (2013.01); B32B 9/042 (2013.01); B32B 9/045 (2013.01); B32B 21/02 (2013.01); B32B 21/06 (2013.01); B32B 21/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/10 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/00 (2013.01); B32B 37/0053 (2013.01); B32B 38/06 (2013.01); E04F 15/02 (2013.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01); B32B 37/223 (2013.01); B32B 2037/243 (2013.01); B32B 2255/10 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2255/28 (2013.01); B32B 2262/101 (2013.01); B32B 2307/408 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/414 (2013.01); B32B 2327/06 (2013.01); B32B 2471/00 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floor panel, which comprises a substrate and a top layer provided directly above the substrate, wherein the top layer comprises a decor layer, a thermoplastic wear layer, a lacquer layer provided above the wear layer, and an additional lacquer layer above the lacquer layer, and
wherein the floor panel has an upper surface showing a relief,
wherein the relief has embossed zones with a maximum relief depth which is larger than 100 microns,
wherein the wear layer and the lacquer layer are embossed in order to form the relief,
wherein said lacquer layer is thinner at a location of the embossed zones than outside the embossed zones, and wherein the decor of the decor layer is imprinted or printed;
wherein the lacquer layer is present over an entirety of the wear layer including in the embossed zones;
wherein the additional lacquer layer extends over the lacquer layer outside of the embossed zones.