Floor covering, floor panels for forming such floor covering, and method for realizing such floor panels
View Patent ↗Floor covering, consisting of hard panels, with a laminated structure, whereby at least at the upper surface a printed decorative layer with a wood pattern is present, with thereupon a transparent layer of synthetic material in which impressions are formed, wherein the impressions substantially follow the wood pattern.
1. A floor covering panel comprising a top side and at least two opposite edges including coupling elements made in one piece with the panel, wherein said coupling elements, when two of such panels are coupled to each other, provide for a locking according to a direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor covering formed by said coupled panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the coupled edges and parallel to the plane of said floor covering;
wherein said panel is of a laminated structure formed by a core material and a top layer formed by direct pressure laminate (DPL), said core material made from a material selected from a group consisting of high density fiberboard and medium density fiberboard ; and
wherein said panel at at least two opposite upper edges is provided with bevels formed by cut-away portions extending through the direct pressure laminate and part of the underlaying core material.
2. The floor covering panel according to claim 1 , wherein said coupling elements providing for a locking in a vertical as well as horizontal direction are at least located along at least two edges comprising said bevels.
3. The floor covering panel according to claim 2 , wherein said coupling elements of at least two edges provided with bevels are configured so that the panels can be rotated into or out of one another along respective upper edges intersecting said bevels, said bevels facilitating said rotation.
4. The floor covering panel according to claim 3 , wherein said coupling elements are configured so that the panels can be connected and disconnected to each other by said rotation, wherein said connection and disconnection is possible without any contact between the edges of the direct pressure laminate of the respective panels.
5. The floor covering panel according to claim 4 , wherein said coupling elements are configured so that in coupled condition the panels are kept free from any play or any substantial play in contact with each other.
6. The floor covering panel according to claim 1 , wherein said panels are rectangular and wherein said bevels are provided at all four upper edges.
7. The floor covering panel according to claim 1 , wherein said panels are rectangular and wherein said coupling elements are provided at all four edges and wherein said coupling elements, when a plurality of such panels are coupled to each other to form a floor covering, also at all four edges, provide for a locking in a vertical as well as a horizontal direction.