ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,406, issued on May 20, was assigned to Li & Co AG (Mustair, Switzerland).
"Area covering element" was invented by Edwin Lingg (Schluderns, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an area covering element including at least one sheet-like carrier core, at least one protective layer and a decorative layer arranged between the sheet-like carrier core and the at least one protective layer. The sheet-like carrier core consists in this case of a strong, load-bearing carrier material and has at least an upper side and an underside arranged opposite from the upper side and also at least a first and second side face, arr...