ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,422, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to i4F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).
"Panel, covering, and method for manufacturing such a panel" was invented by Eddy Alberic Boucke (Menen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel and a method of manufacturing a panel, such as a floor panel, a wall panel or a ceiling panel, in particular a decorative floor panel including at least a first edge having a first coupling part configured to be coupled to a second coupling part of another panel. At least one expandable material located adjacent at least a part of an upper portion of the first edge. A covering, in particular a floor covering, ...