Patent ID: 11859390
Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTIES LIMITED, SARL
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing a floor panel for forming a floor covering,
wherein this floor panel comprises a substrate,
wherein the substrate is manufactured on the basis of synthetic material, and comprises fillers;
wherein this floor panel, on at least one pair of opposite edges, comprises coupling parts;
wherein these coupling parts allow a locking in a first direction perpendicular to the plane of the floor panel, as well as in a second direction perpendicular to the edges and in the plane of the floor panel;
wherein at least a portion of said coupling parts is manufactured from the material of said substrate by means of planing or scraping treatments;
wherein the at least a portion of the coupling parts is arranged for locking in the first direction; and
wherein a remainder of the coupling parts is manufactured from the synthetic material by a milling treatments, such that the coupling parts are provided for locking in the second direction by the milling treatments.