IP Library Granted Patent US 10,953,686
Granted Patent B2
US 10,953,686 · App. 14/390,200 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Laminate panel, method for manufacturing a laminate panel and press element to realize the method

Inventor: Christophe Maesen (Lichtervelde, BE)
Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
B44F9/02B31F1/07B44B5/026B44C1/24B44C3/085B44C5/04B44C1/222Y10T428/24612
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Patent No.
US 10,953,686
App. No.
14/390,200
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Laminate panel, which consists at least of a substrate, a decor and a transparent synthetic material layer, wherein the synthetic material layer is provided with a relief with elongate recesses, wherein the recesses have a cross-section with inclined flank portions, the inclination of which is more than 60° and less than 90°, and that the maximum depth over which said flank portions extend is larger than the maximum distance between the respective flank portions, measured in transverse direction and parallel to the plane of said panel.

Claims (14)

1. A laminate panel, wherein the panel consists at least of a substrate and a decor provided thereon, protected by means of a transparent synthetic material layer,

wherein the synthetic material layer is provided with a relief comprising elongate recesses, wherein said elongate recesses over the major part of their length have a cross-section which is provided with inclined lateral flanks,

wherein these lateral flanks both have a flange portion with an inclination of more than 60° and less than 90°, and that the maximum depth over which said flank portions extend is larger than the maximum distance between the respective flank portions, measured in transverse direction and parallel to the plane of said panel,

wherein said transparent synthetic material layer as such has a portion having a uniform gloss degree of more than 10, measured according to DIN 67530, and

wherein said portion of the surface includes said flanks of the recesses.

2. The laminate panel according to claim 1 , wherein the minimum distance between the respective flank portions, measured in transverse direction and parallel to the plane of said panel, is smaller than half of said maximum distance between these flank portions.

3. The laminate panel according to claim 1 , wherein for said transparent synthetic material layer, use is made of a thermally hardening synthetic material, being melamine.

4. The laminate panel according to claim 1 , wherein for said decor, use is made of a colored or printed material layer, being a paper layer.

5. The laminate panel according to claim 1 , wherein said elongate recesses have the form of wood pores.

6. The laminate panel according claim 1 , wherein said maximum depth is 0.1 millimeter or more.

7. The laminate panel according claim 1 , wherein the deepest point of said recess is located above the horizontal plane in which the decor extends locally.

8. The laminate panel according to claim 1 , wherein said lateral flanks at the entrance of said recess and above the respective inclined flank portion are made with a rounding, wherein said rounding has a radius of less than 0.2 millimeters.

9. The laminate panel according to claim 1 , wherein the length of said recess is at least 10 times the aforementioned maximum distance between the respective flank portions.

10. The laminate panel according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-section of the elongate recesses are configured in a way such that a mirroring reflection of perpendicular or approximately perpendicular incident light takes place mainly on a bottom of the elongate recess.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 18, 2024
From: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
To: UNILIN BV
Reel/Frame 066805/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2014
From: MAESEN, CHRISTOPHE
To: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
Reel/Frame 033944/0366 →
Priority Claims (1)
BE 2012/0224 · Apr 3, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150056416A1 · Feb 26, 2015
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