ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,784, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Floor panel and method for manufacturing floor panels" was invented by Frank Loncke (Knesselare, Belgium), Luc Vanhastel (Tielt, Belgium) and Laurent Meersseman (Mont de l'Enclus, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor panel has a substrate and a decorative layer of wood veneer provided thereon having a thickness of 1 millimeter or less. The substrate has an average density of more than 750 kilograms per cubic meter. The floor panel is rectangular and oblong and comprises a pair of opposite short edges and a pair of opposite long edges. The floor panel, ...