US Patent Issued to UNILIN on Oct. 21 for "Floor panel for forming a floor covering" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,789, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Floor panel for forming a floor covering" was invented by Kristof Van Vlassenrode (Deinze, Belgium) and Filip Bossuyt (Avelgem, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Floor panel for forming a floor covering, where the floor panel includes a carrier on the basis of a thermoplastic material and a top layer provided on the carrier. The thermoplastic material is free from plasticizers or includes a plasticizer in an amount up to maximum 20 phr, where the thermoplastic material is foamed or expanded, and where the carrier is provided with a reinforcement layer."

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