This invention relates to an assembly type floor panel that is easy to assemble, dismantle, and maintain, and that closely and nonadhesively contacts an underlying floor. The floor panel is composed of a base panel of elastic material, e.g., calcium carbonate, a stiffer panel on the upper side of the base panel and a sliding protective sheet on the bottom side of the base panel. Adjacent panels are joined by the cooperation of a projection and groove along an edge of one panel with a projection and groove along an edge of an adjacent panel. By virtue of the elasticity of the base panel and the protective sheet, the floor panel can closely contact an underlying floor, accommodate uneveness in the underlying floor, and conduct heat from the underlying floor.

A method of producing a wooden floor uses a core board as a base material. The base material is conditioned and a skin layer is connected to the upper surface of the core board. A back layer is connected to the lower surface of the core board after the conditioning to obtain the wooden floor. The wooden floor is notched and painted.

The magnetic ceramic tile project was aimed at developing a system for magnetically fastening a tile to a substrate and arose as a solution to the need in the ceramic tile industry to use new installation systems that offer greater versatility and fit in with the dynamics of a product that is increasingly identified with the concept of fashion. A permanently up-to-date image. What is the point of bringing a large number of designs to market only to be inconvenienced by invariably disruptive replacement work? It is much easier to have a removable installation system that allows ceramic tiles to be replaced without construction work and a constantly up-to-date image to be provided. Inconvenient construction work, a thing of the past. The various technologies applied to ceramic tiles generate a product with great advances in terms of design and finishes but which continues to use mortar as a bonding system. This obliges fixed installation with the same problem as always: construction work, synonymous with demolition, dust, rubble, noise, dirt and other nuisances that always question the advisability of changing the tiles. Gaining ground for ceramic tiles against the competition. Other materials are gaining popularity over ceramic tiles because they are much easier to replace and do not involve the problem of construction work. Vinyls, synthetic parquets, carpets and other similar products are increasingly entering the traditionally ceramic market, with their designs, finishes and textures evolving in line with fashion in the same way as those of ceramic tiles. However, these other materials have the advantage of simpler and cleaner assembly than masonry works. Additional uses and advantages Hotels, and the contract world in general, require frequent decoration changes and are the sectors most affected by replacement works, since, apart from the inconvenience caused, they reduce revenue. Using the new magnetic installation technology, all these problems can be eliminated, with economical, quick and clean installation being prioritised. Exhibition spaces, into which so much is invested, can become an area of significant savings while highlighting the new opportunities provided by the system. The technique also allows the incorporation of magnetically powered sensors, with information input, which make walls smart (utility model: smart walls). Similarly, any intervention can be carried out in a way that is minimally damaging to the tiling. An added economic advantage is that the ceramic tile, which can be easily installed and replaced without being damaged, can be included in equipment that can be financed through leasing, with the advantages that this entails.

The invention relates to a tile, in particular a carpet tile. The invention also relates to the use a tile according to the invention as floor tile, wall tile, or ceiling tile. The invention further relates to a tile covering consisting of a plurality of tiles according to the invention. The invention additionally relates to a carpet covering consisting of at least one carpet tile according to the invention.

A covering element for floors includes a tile made of ceramic material and a reinforcing element attached to the tile. The covering element has a lining along an edge of the tile.

A flooring assembly comprising a flooring unit comprising a stability core layer having a plurality of edge surfaces, two of which have an interlocking mechanism for attachment to the edge surfaces of the stability core of adjacent flooring units; a plurality of sound attenuating acoustic layers attached to the bottom surface of the stability core layer; and a finish layer attached to the top surface of said stability core layer.

An acoustical vinyl tile having an integral acoustical layer is disclosed. The vinyl tile includes a vinyl portion, an acoustical portion, and an adhesive layer for fixing the vinyl portion to the acoustical portion. The acoustical portion comprises a crumb rubber component and a polyurethane foam component. The acoustical portion can include 10-40% crumb rubber and 60-90% polyurethane foam. The vinyl tile may also include a coupling feature for coupling to an adjacent vinyl tile. The coupling feature may be in the form of interconnecting tongue and groove elements formed along opposite sides of the vinyl tile so that adjacent vinyl tiles can be coupled together. The tongue and groove elements may incorporate integrated mechanical coupling elements such as, for example, interlocking tabs and spaces. In use, the tongue and groove elements may be arranged and configured to be snap-fitted together.

Disclosed are rigid composite board floor coverings and methods of making same. Also disclosed are rigid composite board floor covering installations and methods of making same.

Floor covering, consisting of hard panels, with a laminated structure, whereby at least at the upper surface a printed decorative layer with a wood pattern is present, with thereupon a transparent layer of synthetic material in which impressions are formed, wherein the impressions substantially follow the wood pattern.

An impact damping mat comprises a plurality of layers arranged in a stacked formation. The stacked formation has a total thickness of no greater than 4 and 7/16 inches. The plurality of layers cooperate to provide the impact damping mat with at least one of a coefficient of restitution no greater than 30% and a selected sound reduction characteristic. The selected sound reduction characteristic can be a reduction of a maximum sound level of at least 5 dB from 40 to 63 Hz 1/3 octave bands and at least 13 dB at and above 80 Hz 1/3 octave bands normalized to a conventional inch rollout rubber flooring product.