Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Floor covering with interlocking design
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Application No.: US15072829Application Date: 2016-03-17
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Publication No.: US10704269B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: John M. Whispell , Hao A. Chen
- Applicant: VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB
- Applicant Address: SE Viken
- Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
- Current Assignee: VALINGE INNOVATION AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Viken
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P.C.
- Main IPC: E04F15/02
- IPC: E04F15/02 ; E04F15/10 ; B32B3/06 ; B32B5/02 ; B32B5/18 ; B32B5/24 ; B32B7/12

Abstract:
Surface coverings, such as floor coverings, with an interlocking design are described. Methods of making the surface coverings are further described. A plank including a resilient composite sheet having four sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, and an overall thickness, and said composite sheet comprising at least one base layer, wherein said at least one base layer comprising at least one polymeric material and at least one filler, wherein opposite sides of the composite sheet comprise a first tongue on a first side and a first groove on the opposite second side, wherein the first tongue and first groove have complementary shape to each other to be interlockingly engageable with a corresponding groove or tongue on an adjacent floor plank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160194885A1 FLOOR COVERING WITH INTERLOCKING DESIGN Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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