US Patent Issued to Unilin on June 23 for "Covering element, method for decorating a covering element, and machine for decorating a covering element" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,924, issued on June 23, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Covering element, method for decorating a covering element, and machine for decorating a covering element" was invented by Diego Evangelisti (Torre Maina Maranello, Italy), Ivano Marasti (Torre Maina Maranello, Italy), Giovanni Bassani (Fiorano Modenese, Italy) and Nest Mandi (Sassuolo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set comprising a plurality of covering elements for floors and/or walls, wherein each covering element comprises an upper surface having a pattern and at least one distressed upper edge, wherein at least two covering elements of the set comp...