Patent ID: 8904729

Claim:
A floor panel, for forming a floor covering: wherein the floor panel is provided with coupling means on at least two opposite edges, as a result of which several of such floor panels can be mutually coupled to one another, whereby said coupling means provide for an interlocking in a vertical direction perpendicular to a plane including the floor panel, as well as in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the edges concerned and parallel to the plane of the floor panel; wherein said coupling means at least comprise coupling parts formed of a first contact surface working in conjunction with a second contact surface of a similar adjacent floor panel coupled thereto, wherein the interlocking in vertical direction is at least provided by said cooperating contact surfaces; wherein said coupling means are configured such that a bottom side of a similar adjacent floor panel, starting from a generally co-planar position with said similar adjacent floor panel coupled to the floor panel, can be turned towards a bottom side of said floor panel over at least a certain angle; and wherein said turning movement enables to reach a position in which at least the vertical interlocking provided by said cooperating contact surfaces is interrupted.