ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,786, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).
"Floor panel for forming a floor covering" was invented by Mark Cappelle (Staden, Belgium) and Pieter Devos (Koolskamp, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor panel for forming a floor covering wherein the floor panel is substantially realized on the basis of synthetic material. The floor panel is rectangular and comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges such that both pairs of opposite edges comprise coupling parts allowing for mutually coupling a plurality of such floor panels to each other. The coupling parts of at le...