Patent ID: 8153234

Claim:
A laminate floor panel comprising: a decorative side defined by a top layer including a thermoset resin, and a printed decor having at least first and second different colours forming a wood pattern, the top layer extending over the decor thereby defining an upper surface of the floor panel; a substrate supporting the decor and the top layer; wherein the floor panel has at least first and second zones of different gloss degrees extending over the upper surface as a function of the imitated wood pattern such that the first gloss zone is positioned in substantial correspondence over the first colour, and the second gloss zone is positioned in substantial correspondence over the second colour, the first gloss zone having a higher degree of gloss than the second gloss zone, the second gloss zone formed in part by a non-smooth structure on the top layer corresponding in location to the second gloss zone; wherein the upper surface of the floor panel defines a plurality of embossments imitating a plurality of wood pores associated with the wood pattern, the second gloss zone extending in an area along the upper surface greater than an area of the plurality of embossments; wherein each of the plurality of embossments extends more deeply into the top layer than the non-smooth structure of the second gloss zone; wherein the decor extends substantially in a horizontal plane underneath the first and second gloss zones.