Patent ID: 9334657
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: B32B,E04C,E04F,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor panel is rectangular and oblong, or square, and comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges; wherein the floor panel is provided, at said first pair of opposite edges, with first coupling elements made in one piece with the floor panel, so that two of such floor panels can be mutually coupled in a given plane, whereby the first coupling elements provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the given plane, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the given plane; wherein said first coupling elements comprise first contact surfaces which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels in the given plane, cooperate with each other and provide for the interlocking in the direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the given plane; wherein said first coupling elements further comprise a lip with an interlocking part, the lip belonging to one of the edges of the first pair of opposite edges and, seen in a cross-section perpendicular to the first pair of opposite edges, extending from a lower part of the floor panel in distal direction; wherein said interlocking part, at a side facing towards the floor panel, comprises one of said first contact surfaces; wherein said first contact surfaces in the coupled condition determine at least one first tangent line making an angle with the given plane; wherein said first coupling elements further define a part which is connected to the floor panel via a first connecting portion, the part belonging to the edge opposite the edge with the lip, wherein said part, at a side facing towards the floor panel, comprises another of said contact surfaces; wherein the first connecting portion, seen in a cross-section perpendicular to the first pair of opposite edges, is situated at a top side of the floor panel and has a minimum thickness, according to a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by the floor panel, which is smaller than half the thickness of the floor panel; wherein the floor panel is provided, at said second pair of opposite edges, with second coupling elements made in one piece with the floor panel, so that two of such floor panels can be mutually coupled in said given plane, whereby said second coupling elements provide for interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the given plane, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the given plane; wherein said second coupling elements comprise second contact surfaces which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels in the given plane, cooperate with each other and provide for the interlocking in the direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the given plane; wherein said second coupling elements further comprise a lip with an interlocking part, the lip belonging to one of the edges of the second pair of opposite edges and, seen in a cross-section perpendicular to the second pair of opposite edges, extending from a lower part of the floor panel in distal direction; wherein said interlocking part, at a side facing towards the floor panel, comprises one of said second contact surfaces; wherein said second contact surfaces both are inclined in respect to the given plane and in the coupled condition determine at least a second tangent line; wherein said second coupling elements further define a part which is connected to the floor panel via a second connecting portion, the part belonging to the edge opposite the edge with the lip, wherein said part, at a side facing towards the floor panel, comprises the other of said second contact surfaces; wherein said second coupling elements comprise a tongue and a groove, whereby the second coupling elements are configured so that two of the floor panels can be assembled by means of a turning movement; wherein the minimum thickness of the first connecting portion is smaller than the minimum thickness of the second connecting portion; and wherein said angle defined by said first tangent line is different from the angle defined by said second tangent line.