ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,260, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Floor covering, floor element and method for manufacturing floor elements" was invented by Mark Cappelle (Staden, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor covering, made of floor elements, which, at least at two opposite sides, includes a male coupling part and a female coupling part, which allow that two of such floor elements to be interconnected by pushing one of these floor elements with the associated male coupling part, by a downward movement, home into the female coupling part of the other floor element. At least one of the coupling parts, either th...