Patent ID: 7249445

Claim:
A laminate floor covering panel having a perimeter defining first and second pairs of opposite edges; said panel defining a top side and a bottom side, and further including a base plate and a top layer; the base plate being formed of one of the materials selected from the group consisting of MDF and HDF, the base plate having an upper side and a lower side, the first and second pairs of opposite edges located adjacent to and surrounding the upper side of the base plate; said panel having a plurality of coupling parts located along at least said first pair of opposite edges and being provided for mutually coupling a plurality of such panels to each other in a common plane to form a floor covering, wherein these coupling parts in coupled condition of two of such panels provide for an interlocking in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the panels as well as in a direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of the panels; said top layer comprising a decorative layer extending over the upper side of the base plate, and a synthetic layer having transparent or translucent properties, and covering the decorative layer so as to define the top side of the panel, the decorative layer including a printed wood pattern depicting wood nerves and wood pores, the synthetic layer having first and second generally planar surfaces, the second planar surface of the synthetic layer being adjacent the decorative layer; wherein the synthetic layer comprises a plurality of impressions extending from the first planar surface into a thickness of the synthetic layer and in register with the wood nerves and wood pores of the printed pattern, the location and depth of the impressions being a function of the wood nerves and wood pores of the printed pattern.