US Patent Issued to Unilin on Oct. 20 for "Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,174, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Unilin BV (Wielsbeke, Belgium).

"Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering" was invented by Jan De Rick (Geraardsbergen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor element including a support layer having an upper surface and a decorative layer on the upper surface, a first edge and a second edge forming a first pair of opposite sides, a third edge and a fourth edge forming a second pair of opposite sides, and coupling elements on at least the first pair of opposite sides. The coupling elements include a tongue having an upper surface and a lower surface and a groove h...