ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,195, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to 14F Licensing NV (Turnhout, Belgium).
"Panel, covering, and method of uncoupling two interconnected panels" was invented by Eddy Alberic Boucke (Menen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a panel suitable as a floor, ceiling or wall panel, which panel is of a planar design having an upper side, a bottom side and side edges. Furthermore, the invention relates to a covering including a plurality of interconnected panels according to the invention. The invention also relates to a method of uncoupling two (or more) interconnected panels."
The patent was filed on...