ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,141, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Floor board and method for manufacturing such floor boards" was invented by Dieter D'Hondt (Sint-andries, Belgium) and Aaron Shaw (High Point, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate has MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, where the side edge is treated both with an impregnation agent and/or a sealing agent based on a super absorbing material. Also, a method for manufacturing such floor boards."
The patent was filed on July 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/348,05...