US Patent Issued to UNILIN on June 23 for "Floor covering, underlayment and floor element" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,825, issued on June 23, was assigned to UNILIN BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Floor covering, underlayment and floor element" was invented by Jochen Bossuyt (Wielsbeke, Belgium) and Jonas Van Hecke (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor covering includes an underlayment basic layer, at least one floor element and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is positioned in between the underlayment basic layer and the floor element. The underlayment basic layer includes fillers. The majority of the fillers have a Moh's hardness of 5 or less and/or the majority of the fillers is formed by CaCO3 and/or talcum. The bottom of the...