Methods and associated apparatuses are described herein that provide a tile alternative material. The tile alternative material may be manufactured by providing a substrate that defines a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface. The second surface is configured to be secure, via an adhesive or otherwise, to a support surface. The method further includes coating an exterior layer on the first surface of the substrate, and forming a pattern element in the first surface of the substrate. Forming the pattern element includes removing material from the substrate and the coated exterior layer of the first surface to form one or more recessed portions.

At least on or near one of its edges a plastic floor includes a chamfer formed during a rolling press and plate press forming process. During the rolling press and plate press forming process of the plastic floor, a chamfer is formed at the periphery on the front surface of the plastic floor. The wear-resistant layer and color film layer at the chamfer are not damaged. When splicing, the chamfers on the two pieces of plastic floor are connected to each other to form a joint seam, and there is no need to cut chamfers at the edge of the floor before grooving, thereby reducing the production process, and improving the appearance of the joint seam.

The invention relates to a panel, in particular a floor panel, suitable for forming a floor covering, wherein the panel has a substantially planar top side, and a substantially planar bottom side, at least four substantially linear side edges comprising at least one pair of opposite side edges, preferably provided with locking means.

A floor panel and a floor covering including a plurality of such floor panels, and more particularly, a laminated floor panel. The floor panel includes a hook that protrudes from an upward tongue of one floor panel to engage a clearance between an upward tongue block and an upward tongue of an adjacent floor panel.

The application provides a floor tile screen, comprising a box body (1), a rear body (2), a PCB board (3) and a front body (4), wherein the rear body (2) is fixed on the box body (1); the PCB (3) is arranged between the rear body (2) and the front body (4), and provided with lamp beads; a plurality of transparent fixing columns (41) are fixedly arranged on the front body (4), pass through the PCB board (3), fixedly connected with the rear body (2), and avoid the lamp beads. The fixing column (41) has the function of limiting the front body (4), the front body (4) and the rear body (2) are connected together by fixing columns (41), to avoid separation; the fixing columns (41) are transparent, so that the light emitted by the lamp beads is not blocked, the display effect of the floor tile screen is improved.

Building panels, especially laminated floor panels are shown, which are provided with a locking system and several core grooves at the rear side in order to save material and decrease weight. Building panels, each having a surface layer on a front side, a backing layer on a rear side and an intermediate core, wherein the intermediate core and the surface and the backing layer all comprise wood fibres and thermosetting resins, the building panels are provided with a locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of a first edge of a first building panel to an adjacent second edge of a second building panel.

A set of essentially identical panels, such as building panels, provided with a mechanical locking system including a displaceable tongue arranged in a displacement groove having a first opening at a first edge of a first panel. The tongue is configured to be displaced in the displacement groove along a displacement axis to attain a locking state wherein a first portion of the tongue cooperates with a first tongue groove having a second opening at a second edge of an adjacent second panel, for vertical locking of the first and the second edge. A second portion of the tongue is configured to cooperate with the second edge of the adjacent second panel via an elongated element for vertical unlocking of the first and the second edge.

Waterproof engineered floor and wall planks have a veneer layer bonded with a plastic composite core, and an underlayer, preferably an underlayer of cork.

A cutting and laying aid for cutting and laying floorboards of a floor covering includes floorboards in a herringbone pattern. The cutting and laying aid is a flat body having a flat body length and a flat body width. A method for cutting and laying floorboards when laying them in a herringbone pattern and a use of a cutting and laying aid are also related.

The dimensions of the cutting and laying aid partially correspond to the characteristic dimensions of the floorboards or of the laying pattern. With these dimensions, the periodicity of the laying pattern is exploited to shorten the floorboards in the region of the laying area boundary to the required lengths or cut them to length. Contours of a laying area boundary, particularly a laying area edge, are transferred onto floorboards while saving a considerable amount of time and making the floorboard cutting of more precise and easier.

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a method of producing a rigid board plastic flooring. The method includes extruding a bottom layer without adding a plasticizer, overlapping sequentially a back embossment board, the bottom layer, a first connecting layer, a decoration layer, and a wear layer to form a sandwich, hot pressing the sandwich with temperature and pressure and applying a UV treatment to a top surface of the sandwich after hot pressing the sandwich. The method continues by annealing the sandwich after applying the UV treatment, cooling the sandwich to ambient temperature, and cutting the sandwich to size.