Patent ID: 9249580
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B44C,B44F,E04F

Claim Text:
1. Floor panel including an oblong rectangular top surface surrounded by edge portions; and said floor panel further comprising: an underlying substrate formed from a material selected from the group consisting of MDF and HDF; at least two opposite side edges having coupling parts; a decorative side having an appearance imitating a wood surface from which portions have been removed by a tool so as to resemble scraped wood; a decor layer including a carrier paper and a printed wood pattern located on the carrier paper, the decor layer continuously extending over substantially the entire decorative side of the panel, the carrier paper being intermediate to the underlying substrate and the printed wood pattern that is located on the carrier paper; a top layer comprising a synthetic material and continuously extending over the decor layer; and embossments in at least a portion of the surface of the decorative side of the floor panel over which the decor and top layers extend, said embossments formed from and extending into the underlying substrate and providing said appearance imitating a wood surface from which portions have been removed by a tool to resemble scraped wood, the decor layer extending continuously across the entirety of the embossments and following contours of the embossments, the printed wood pattern extending into the embossments; said embossments each defining a generally planar configuration in a transverse direction of the floor panel and extending in the form of longitudinal paths over the rectangular top surface of the floor panel in a longitudinal direction of the floor panel, said embossments are located between and spaced apart by a distance from the at least two opposite side edges; wherein said embossments, in the transverse direction, have a cross-section defined by opposed slopes bounding the generally planar configuration.