ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,800, issued on April 29, was assigned to Gerflor (Villeurbanne, France).
"Panel for producing self-locking floor covering" was invented by Fabien Carpentier (Bollene, France) and Michel Wengryn (Lapalud, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a panel in the form of a strip or tile for producing of a floor covering, the panel comprising two pairs of opposite sides defining-two opposite edges for the assembly at an angle, of which one edge comprises male coupling means provided from a side wall of the panel, and an opposite edge comprises complementary female coupling means provided from a side wall of the panel;...