ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,166, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to i4F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).
"Panel interconnectable with similar panels for forming a covering" was invented by Eddy Alberic Boucke (Turnhout, Belgium) and Johan Christiaan Rietveldt (Best, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel, interconnectable with similar panels for forming a covering. The invention also relates to a covering consisting of mutually connected floor panels according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method of assembling multiple floor panels for forming a covering."
The patent wa...