Patent ID: 8640418

Claim:
A surface covering system for covering surfaces with a covering material, the surface covering system comprising: at least a first covering module and a second covering module, wherein the first and second covering modules can be laid on the surface so as to adjoin each other, wherein each covering module comprises a frame equipped for resting against the surface to be covered, a panel of a covering material accommodated in the frame, the panel having a top surface, a bottom surface resting against the frame, and circumferential panel edges, and an elastically deformable sealing profile arranged peripherally of the panel edges and surrounding the panel along the edges, wherein the sealing profile is one-piece with the frame or is connected to the frame; wherein the sealing profile of the first covering module is shaped so as to interlock with the sealing profile of the second covering module when the first and second covering modules are positioned relative to one another, and to form a common seal, and wherein the sealing profile of the second covering module comprises an overlap part overlapping the sealing profile of the first covering module and extending to the panel of the first covering module to form a seamless common top surface between the top surfaces of the panels of the first and second covering modules.