Patent ID: 8607532

Claim:
A building component for forming floor and/or wall coverings, comprising: a support layer for placement on a floor or a wall to be covered; an upper layer supported by the support layer and including at least one coating element forming a visible upper surface of the building component; an intermediate layer arranged between and connecting the support layer and the upper layer, the intermediate layer being thinner than the support layer and the upper layer; devices for connecting the building component to other such building components applied to the floor or a wall; and a bordering encircling an entire periphery of the building component and forming a visible filling at the visible upper surface of joints between coating elements of the upper layers of the building component and adjacent other such building components connected to the building component by said devices, wherein the bordering extends perpendicularly to the intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer and the bordering are one piece simultaneously formed in a molding cavity of a tool by foaming or spraying onto the support layer and the at least one coating element.