US 12,392,143 B2
Decorative panel, and decorative floor covering consisting of said panels
Eddy Alberic Boucké, Turnhout (BE)
Assigned to i4F Licensing NV, Turnhout (BE)
Filed by i4F Licensing NV, Turnhout (BE)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/950,588.
Application 18/950,588 is a continuation of application No. 17/299,845, granted, now 12,168,878, previously published as PCT/EP2019/076446, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2022136 (NL), filed on Dec. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2025/0075513 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 13/14 (2006.01); B32B 25/14 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/18 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01); E04F 13/18 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 15/02038 (2013.01) [B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 5/245 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 13/14 (2013.01); B32B 25/14 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/18 (2013.01); B32B 27/302 (2013.01); B32B 27/304 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); E04F 13/0866 (2013.01); E04F 13/0894 (2013.01); E04F 13/18 (2013.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01); E04F 15/107 (2013.01); B32B 2264/0207 (2013.01); B32B 2419/04 (2013.01); B32B 2607/00 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0161 (2013.01); E04F 2201/023 (2013.01); E04F 2201/042 (2013.01); E04F 2201/043 (2013.01); E04F 2203/026 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decorative panel, comprising:
a core provided with an upper side and a lower side,
a decorative top structure affixed on said upper side of the core,
a first panel edge comprising a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge comprising a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction,
wherein said core comprises an alloy of a polymer matrix and/or a magnesium cement based matrix and elastic particles dispersed in said matrix, wherein the elastic particles are bond to the polymer matrix and/or the magnesium cement based matrix,
wherein the elastic particles are entirely made of elastic material, and wherein the polymer matrix and/or the magnesium cement based matrix comprises thermoplastic material, and
wherein the elastic particles are bond to the polymer matrix and/or the magnesium cement based matrix by means of a covalent bond.