Patent ID: 8631612

Claim:
A facing panel, in particular for floors, walls, or ceilings, the facing panel comprising: connecting or locking elements ( 5 , 6 ) configured as tongues and grooves, being formed on long side surfaces of the facing panel ( 1 , 1 ′), the connecting or locking elements being shaped along parallel long-side edges ( 4 , 4 ′) of the facing panel ( 1 , 1 ′) so as to be different or to complement one another whereby long-side edges ( 4 , 4 ′) formed with different locking elements can be joined, locked, or assembled to each other; orienting indicia consisting of a single visible stripe ( 2 ) on a visible surface ( 7 ) of the facing panel ( 1 , 1 ′), extending parallel to and in close spaced relation to one of the two long side edges ( 4 , 4 ′) of the visible surface, the color of said stripe ( 2 ) being darker than the color of the remainder of the visible surface, one and the same connecting or locking element ( 6 ) being formed along the long-side edge ( 4 ) of the facing panel ( 1 , 1 ′) to which the stripe ( 2 ) extends parallel, and one and the same connecting or locking element ( 6 ) being formed on the opposite long-side edge ( 4 ′), this being complementary to a connecting or locking element ( 5 ) on an adjacent facing panel ( 1 , 1 ′) and lockable thereto.