Patent ID: 9670683
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B32B,E04F

Claim:
1. A floor panel, for forming a floor covering, said floor panel being of the type comprising a substrate of a material on the basis of soft PVC; wherein the panel is rectangular, either oblong or square, and thus comprises a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges; wherein both pairs of opposite edges comprise coupling parts allowing to mutually couple a plurality of the panels to each other; wherein the coupling parts at both pairs of edges form a first locking system which effects a locking in the plane of the panels and perpendicular to the respective edges, as well as form a second locking system which effects a locking perpendicular to the plane of the panels; wherein the coupling parts at the first pair of opposite edges are configured such that two of the panels can be coupled to each other at the edges by means of a turning movement wherein the coupling parts at the second pair of edges are formed by coupling parts which are of the type allowing to couple two of the panels to each other by means of a downward movement of one panel in respect to the other; wherein the coupling parts at both pairs of edges substantially are realized from said substrate and thus from said material on the basis of soft PVC; wherein the first locking system of the coupling parts at the second pair of edges is formed at least of an upwardly directed lower hook-shaped portion which is situated at one of the edges of the second pair of edges, as well as of a downwardly directed upper hook-shaped portion which is situated at the opposite edge, said hook-shaped portions extending laterally from a core portion of the panel; wherein the lower hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with an upwardly directed locking element, wherein the upper hook-shaped portion consists of a lip with a downwardly directed locking element; wherein the lip of the upper hook-shaped portion comprises a part which connects said core portion of the panel with the downwardly directed locking element, said part, seen in a cross section perpendicular to the respective edge, defining a length; and wherein said part, seen in said cross-section perpendicular to the respective edge, has a thickness that decreases towards the downwardly directed locking element for at least part of said length.