IP Library Granted Patent US 11,891,815
Granted Patent B2
US 11,891,815 · App. 17/365,200 · Granted Feb 6, 2024

Board and method for manufacturing a board

Inventor: Benjamin Clement (Waregem, BE)
Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
E04F15/02038E04F15/107B32B7/12B32B2262/101B32B2471/00B32B2607/00B44C5/04E04F2201/0153
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Patent No.
US 11,891,815
App. No.
17/365,200
Granted
Feb 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A board consisting at least of a substrate formed at least of a gypsum-based and/or cement-based basic material layer. The board is provided with a chamfer extending through the basic material layer.

Claims (20)

1. A panel for interior decorative use, comprising:

a basic material layer defined by a cement-based substrate;

a top layer giving a decorative appearance to the panel and located on a surface of the cement-based substrate;

wherein the basic material layer is provided with polyurethane restricting moisture intake in the basic material layer;

wherein the top layer comprises a Direct Pressure Laminate (DPL) top layer;

wherein the polyurethane includes a crosslinker as an adhesion promoter, wherein the polyurethane is at least dispersed in the cement-based substrate.

2. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane is provided at least in a proximity of a side of the basic material layer comprising said top layer.

3. The panel of claim 2 , wherein the polyurethane is at least provided at a respective surface of the basic material layer or directly thereunder.

4. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane is provided almost exclusively or exclusively in a proximity of a side of the basic material layer comprising said top layer or a side opposite thereto, whereas the application of polyurethane is not or almost not present in a middle of the basic material layer.

5. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane is provided over an entire thickness of the basic material layer.

6. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane is arranged on or next to a surface of the basic material layer, and at least at a side where a top layer or backing layer is to be provided, seen in a thickness of the panel.

7. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane is provided, at least on or next to a surface of the basic material layer, and at least at a side where a top layer or backing layer is to be provided, a reaction with water from an atmosphere or from the basic material layer.

8. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane enhances hydrophobicity, wherein the polyurethane is incorporated into the cement-based substrate at least on or next to a surface thereof.

9. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane forms a filler or matrix of material being water-impervious or water-repellent.

10. The panel of claim 1 , further comprises a silane or siloxane-containing liquid dispersed in the cement-based substrate.

11. The panel of claim 1 , further comprises metal soaps dispersed in the cement-based substrate.

12. The panel of claim 1 , further comprises an additive, respectively, of hydrophobic powder, of silicates with hydrophobic features dispersed in the cement-based substrate.

13. The panel of claim 1 , wherein the polyurethane provides for a reduction of a porosity of the basic material layer or a reduction of a capillary effect thereof or an increase of a density thereof.

14. The panel of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the following chemical products are dispersed in the cement-based substrate: acrylic and metacrylic polymers, polyvinyl alcohol or ethylene-vinyl acetate polymers, styrene/acrylic acid ester copolymers, silane and siloxane of silicone.

15. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein said top layer provides in a coating, either lacquer or print or layer adhered thereto, wherein the cement-based substrate comprises fibers or fillers or filling agents, additionally to process fibers, wherein these fillers or fibers consist of synthetic material or glass or crystalline calcium silicate or xonolite or tobermorite or inosilicate or gyrolite or wollastonite or sepiolite or rhyolite or basalt or rock wool or diabase or pumice or chalk or limestone or talc, wherein in a particle-shaped filler, the filler comprises particles comprised between 1 and 200 microns or the filler forms at least 10 percent by weight of a dry cement mixture.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 18, 2024
From: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
To: UNILIN BV
Reel/Frame 066805/0445 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: UNILIN, BV
To: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED SARL
Reel/Frame 062075/0868 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 1, 2021
From: UNILIN, BVBA
To: UNILIN, BV
Reel/Frame 056735/0275 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2021
From: CLEMENT, BENJAMIN
To: UNILIN, BVBA
Reel/Frame 056735/0295 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16651519
Continuation PCTIB2018051903 · Mar 21, 2018
Provisional Application 62564719 · Sep 28, 2017
Related Publication 20210324635A1 · Oct 21, 2021
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