IP Library Granted Patent US 10,526,798
Granted Patent B2
US 10,526,798 · App. 15/760,678 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Custom-made covering panels by digital printing of base panels

Inventors: Pol Lombaert (Nazareth, BE); Jonas Guido Feys (Mariakerke, BE)
Assignee: Beaulieu International Group NV
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Patent No.
US 10,526,798
App. No.
15/760,678
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base panel suitable to be processed into a covering panel, consisting of the following layers: (i) a substrate having a top surface, (ii) a resilient layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, whereby the bottom surface is connected to the top surface of said substrate, and (iii) optionally, a contact layer between the bottom surface of said resilient layer and the top surface of said substrate. A covering panel further comprising a digitally printed decor on the top surface of the resilient layer of the base panel, and a process of producing covering panels from said base panels.

Claims (23)

1. Base panel suitable to be processed into a floor panel, a wall panel or a ceiling panel, consisting of the following layers:

i. a substrate comprising polyvinyl chloride having a top surface, wherein the substrate comprises from 10 wt. % to 70 wt. % of filler, and wherein the substrate is a foamed substrate; and

ii. a resilient layer comprising polyvinyl chloride having a top surface and a bottom surface, whereby the bottom surface is connected to the top surface of said substrate.

2. Base panel according to claim 1 , whereby said resilient layer comprises a backing layer.

3. Base panel according to claim 1 , whereby said resilient layer comprises a reinforcement layer.

4. Base panel according to claim 1 , whereby the top surface of said resilient layer is printable.

5. Base panel according to claim 1 , whereby the top surface of said resilient layer does not comprise a decor.

6. Covering panel including a floor panel, a wall panel or a ceiling panel, comprising the base panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a digitally printed decor on the top surface of said resilient layer.

7. Covering panel according to claim 6 , comprising a wear layer on said digitally printed decor on the top surface of said resilient layer.

8. Covering panel according to claim 7 , whereby said wear layer has a thickness of less than 500 μm.

9. Covering panel according to claim 7 , whereby said wear layer comprises polyurethane and/or polyacrylate.

10. Covering panel according to claim 7 , whereby a lacquer is provided onto the top surface of said wear layer.

11. Process of producing covering panels, comprising the steps of:

providing a base panel according to claim 1 ,

i. digitally printing a decor on the top surface of the base panel, and

ii. providing a wear layer onto said decor.

12. Process according to claim 11 , wherein the providing the base panel further comprises coextruding the substrate and the resilient layer.

13. A system comprising producing covering panels for use as floor panels, wall panels or ceiling panels, the system further comprising:

a server;

a database, operatively connected to said server, configured to store one or more images;

a module, operatively connected to said server, for uploading one or more customized images and for storing said images into said database;

a digital printer, operatively connected to said server, configured to print said one or more customized images onto a set of base panels according to claim 1 .

14. Base panel of claim 1 , further comprising a contact layer between the bottom surface of said resilient layer and the top surface of said substrate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 25, 2020
From: BEAULIEU INTERNATIONAL GROUP
To: BEAULIEU INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Reel/Frame 052009/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2018
From: LOMBAERT, POL; FEYS, JONAS GUIDO
To: BEAULIEU INTERNATIONAL GROUP NV
Reel/Frame 045750/0993 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 15185742 · Sep 17, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180320388A1 · Nov 8, 2018
Cited By (1)
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