US Patent Issued to Unilin on May 5 for "Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering" (Belgian, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,244, issued on May 5, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering" was invented by Rahul Patki (Richardson, Texas), Laurent Meersseman (Kortrijk, Belgium), Claudio Beneventi (Sassuolo, Italy) and Claudio Caselli (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a decorative layer made of a ceramic material; a support layer arranged below the decorative layer; and a reinforcing layer arranged in between the decorative layer and the support layer, wherein the support layer comprises edges provided wi...