Patent ID: 6786019
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: B44C,B44F,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A floor covering panel comprising a top side, at least two opposite edges including coupling elements made in one piece with the panel and arranged so that several ones of such panels can be mutually coupled to form a floor covering, said coupling elements arranged to enable an interlocking of the coupling elements between panels in a direction perpendicular to a plane including the panels, as well as in a direction perpendicular to the respective edges and parallel to the plane including the panels, and wherein said panel is a laminated construction including at least an MDF/HDF core layer and a panel decorative layer above the core layer;said coupling elements are formed in one piece with the core layer and define tongue and groove interlocking elements; a cut-away portion adjacent at least one of said two opposite edges, and intersecting said top side, said cut-away portion penetrating and exposing an edge area of said panel decorative layer and said core layer when viewed from the top side of the panel; and a film or coating-like decorative cut-away portion covering layer on the area of the cut-away portion masking said exposed edge area, said decorative cut-away portion covering layer being a separate layer from said panel decorative layer.