US 12,168,878 B2
Decorative panel, and decorative floor covering consisting of said panels
Eddy Alberic Boucké, Menen (BE)
Assigned to i4F Licensing NV, Turnhout (BE)
Appl. No. 17/299,845
Filed by I4F Licensing NV, Turnhout (BE)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/076446
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/114644, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022136 (NL), filed on Dec. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034097 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E04F 15/02 (2006.01); 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 15/10 (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 by means of a covalent bond, and
wherein the polymer matrix comprises polyethylene (PE), and/or polypropylene (PP) and/or polybutylene.