DECORATIVE ELEMENT

Abstract

A decorative element comprises a support layer and a cover layer arranged on the support layer. The decorative element comprises at least one recycled material, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material. Component composites with at least one such decorative element arranged on a surface of the component composite are also disclosed.

Claims

1. Decorative element, comprising a support layer and a cover layer arranged on the support layer, wherein the decorative element comprises at least one recycled material, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material.

2. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein a connection layer is provided, by means of which connection layer the cover layer is connected to the support layer, which connection layer preferably comprises at least one recycled material, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material.

3. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the decorative element comprises at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, particularly preferably at least 30%, in particular at least 50% of the at least one recycled material and/or of the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or of the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material, or that the decorative element comprises at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, particularly preferably at least 30%, in particular at least 50% of several recycled materials and/or several materials made of renewable raw materials and/or several biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable materials.

4. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one recycled material, and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material is a cellulose fiber free material.

5. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the decorative element, in particular the support layer, is configured with at least one plastic film or as a plastic film, which plastic film comprises the at least one recycled material and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material.

6. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one recycled material and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material comprises a chemically recycled plastic and/or a mechanically recycled plastic, in particular comprises a translucent recycled plastic, wherein the at least one recycled material and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material-(preferably comprises at least one of the materials from group consisting of polyimide (PI), polypropylene (PP), monoaxially oriented polypropylene (MOPP), biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), polyethylene (PE), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyetherketone (PEK), polyethyleneimide (PEI), polysulfone (PSU), polyaryletherketone (PAEK), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), liquid crystalline polymers (LCP), polyester, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate (G-PET), amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (A-PET), polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), cycloolefin copolymers (COC), polyoxymethylene (POM), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and ethylene tetrafluoroethylene hexafluoropropylene fluorterpolymer (EFEP), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), cellulose- or lignin-based plastics, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), thermoplastic starch (TPS), polylactic acid (PLA), polycaprolactone (PCL), polybutylene succinate (PBS), and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) and/or mixtures and/or co-polymers and/or composite materials of these materials or is made from at least one of these materials.

7. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the at least one recycled material and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material is at least one recycled metal material, in particular selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, aluminum, gold, platinum, niobium, tin, or nickel, titanium, vanadium, chromium, cobalt and palladium or alloys of these materials, in particular cobalt-nickel alloys, and/or at least one dielectric material, in particular selected from the group consisting of zinc sulphide (ZnS), zinc oxide (ZnO), zinc chromate (ZnCrO.sub.4), titanium dioxide (TiO.sub.2), carbon (C), indium oxide (In.sub.2O.sub.3), indium tin oxide (ITO), antimony tin oxide (ATO), fluorine tin oxide (FTO), tantalum pentoxide (Ta.sub.2O.sub.5), cerium oxide (CeO.sub.2), yttrium oxide (Y.sub.2O.sub.3), europium oxide (Eu.sub.2O.sub.3), Iron oxides such as iron(II, III) oxide (Fe.sub.3O.sub.4) and iron(III) oxide (Fe.sub.2O.sub.3), hafnium nitride (HfN), hafnium carbide (HfC), hafnium oxide (HfO.sub.2), lanthanum oxide (La.sub.2O.sub.3), magnesium oxide (MgO), neodymium oxide (Nd.sub.2O.sub.3), praseodymium oxide (Pr.sub.6O.sub.11), samarium oxide (Sm.sub.2O.sub.3), antimony trioxide (Sb.sub.2O.sub.3), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride (Si.sub.3N.sub.4), silicon monoxide (SiO), selenium trioxide (Se.sub.2O.sub.3), tin oxide (SnO.sub.2), tungsten trioxide (WO.sub.3), bismuth(III) oxide (Bi.sub.2O.sub.3), aluminum oxide (Al.sub.2O.sub.3), metal fluorides, for example magnesium fluoride (MgF.sub.2), aluminum fluoride (AlF.sub.3), cerium fluoride (CeF.sub.3), sodium aluminum fluorides (e.g. Na.sub.3AlF.sub.6 or Na.sub.5Al.sub.3F.sub.14), silicon oxide (SIO.sub.x), silicon dioxide (SiO.sub.2), neodymium fluoride (NdF.sub.3), lanthanum fluoride (LaF.sub.3), samarium fluoride (SmF.sub.3), barium fluoride (BaF.sub.2), calcium fluoride (CaF.sub.2), lithium fluoride (LiF), organic monomers and/or organic polymers or layers of metal oxides, such as non-stoichiometric aluminum oxide, copper oxides, or chromium oxides, and/or is made from at least one recycled metal material from printing inks or varnishes or inks, in particular with at least one of these materials.

8. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the cover layer comprises a cover ply in the form of a film on its side facing the support layer, and in that a decorative ply, in particular a printed image, is applied or arranged on the side of the cover ply facing away from the support layer, or in that the decorative ply, in particular the printed image, is accommodated in the cover ply.

9. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the cover layer is formed by a decorative ply, in particular by a printed image.

10. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein a protective layer, in particular of a varnish, is formed on the side of the cover layer facing away from the support layer, which protective layer is preferably applied to the decorative layer, and which protective layer comprises the at least one recycled material and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material.

11. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein the side of the support layer facing away from the cover layer is coated with a sealing layer, in particular of a plastic, so that the support layer is arranged between the cover layer and the sealing layer, or that the cover layer is coated with the sealing layer, or that the cover layer itself forms the sealing layer, wherein the sealing layer comprises the at least one recycled material and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material.

12. Decorative element according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer may be arranged or is arranged on the side of the support layer facing away from the cover layer, which adhesive layer may be attached to a surface of a metallic and/or a polymeric object, and which adhesive layer preferably comprises at least one recycled material, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material, wherein the support layer is a plastic film with at least 20% recycled and/or made from renewable raw materials and/or biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable plastic material, in particular a PCR material, preferably with at least 50% PCR content.

13. Component composite comprising an object, in particular in the form of a plate, with at least one surface and at least one decorative element, wherein the at least one decorative element is arranged on the at least one surface and is connected to the object, and wherein the decorative element is configured according to claim 1.

14. Component composite according to claim 13, wherein the object is selected from a material from the group of wood, wood composite material, plastic, glass, metal, ceramic, inorganic building materials such as concrete, eternit, or cellulose-containing materials, and that the material preferably comprises at least one recycled material, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material.

15. Component composite according to claim 13, wherein the at least one decorative element is formed onto the plate-shaped object, in particular extruded onto the object.

16. Component composite according to claim 13, wherein an adhesive layer is arranged on the side of the support layer facing away from the cover layer, and which adhesive layer preferably comprises at least one recycled material, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material, wherein the support layer is a plastic film with at least 20% of recycled and/or renewable and/or biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable plastic material, in particular a PCR material, preferably with at least 50% PCR content.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0038] For the purpose of better understanding of the invention, this will be elucidated in more detail by means of the figures below.

[0039] These show respectively in a very simplified schematic representation:

[0040] FIG. 1 a decorative element and an object in a spaced-apart arrangement before they are joined to form a component composite in sectional view,

[0041] FIG. 2 a component composite comprising a decorative element and an object in sectional view.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

[0042] First of all, it is to be noted that in the different embodiments described, equal parts are provided with equal reference numbers and/or equal component designations, where the disclosures contained in the entire description may be analogously transferred to equal parts with equal reference numbers and/or equal component designations. Moreover, the specifications of location, such as at the top, at the bottom, at the side, chosen in the description refer to the directly described and depicted figure and in case of a change of position, these specifications of location are to be analogously transferred to the new position.

[0043] FIGS. 1 and 2 are described below largely in a synopsis to avoid unnecessary repetition. FIGS. 1 and 2 show an exemplary embodiment of a decorative element 1 and a detail of an object 15 wherein the film-like decorative element 1 is depicted in an arrangement spaced from the object 15 or before connecting it to the object 15 to form a component composite 16. FIG. 2 shows a component composite 16 or the decorative element 1 in its state connected to the object 15 or glued or applied to it.

[0044] The decorative element 1 comprises a support layer 2 and a cover layer 3 arranged on the support layer 2. The decorative element 1, in particular the support layer 2 or the cover layer 3, comprises at least one recycled material 4, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5.

[0045] According to the example shown, a connection layer 6 or a laminating agent 7 may be provided on the side of the support layer 2 facing the visible side 17 of the decorative element 1. The cover layer 3 and the support layer 2 are connected together by means of the connection layer 6. Preferably, the connection layer 6 comprises at least one recycled material 4, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5.

[0046] The decorative element 1 shown comprises at least 10%, preferably at least 20%, particularly preferably at least 30%, in particular at least 50% of the at least one recycled material 4 and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5.

[0047] The at least one recycled material 4, and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5 may in particular be a cellulose fiber free material.

[0048] The support layer 2 is configured with at least one plastic film 8 or as a plastic film 8. The plastic film 8 comprises the at least one recycled material 4 and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5.

[0049] For this purpose, the at least one recycled material 4 and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5 is a chemically recycled plastic and/or a mechanically recycled plastic, in particular a translucent recycled plastic. The at least one recycled material 4 and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5 preferably comprises at least one of the materials from the group consisting of polyimide (PI), polypropylene (PP), monoaxially oriented polypropylene (MOPP), biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP), polyethylene (PE), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polyetherketone (PEK), polyethyleneimide (PEI), polysulfone (PSU), polyaryletherketone (PAEK), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), liquid crystalline polymers (LCP), polyester, polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate (G-PET), amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (A-PET), polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), cycloolefin copolymers (COC), polyoxymethylene (POM), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), polyvinyl fluoride (PVF), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene fluorterpolymer (EFEP), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), cellulose- or lignin-based plastics, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), thermoplastic starch (TPS), polylactic acid (PLA), polycaprolactone (PCL), polybutylene butyl succinate (PBS), and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) and/or mixtures and/or co-polymers and/or composite materials of these materials or is made from at least one of these materials.

[0050] In one embodiment, the at least one recycled material 4 and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5 comprise at least one recycled metal material, in particular selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, aluminum, gold, platinum, niobium, tin, or nickel, titanium, vanadium, chromium, cobalt and palladium or alloys of these materials, in particular cobalt-nickel alloys, and/or at least one dielectric material, in particular selected from the group consisting of zinc sulphide (ZnS), zinc oxide (ZnO), zinc chromate (ZnCrO4), titanium dioxide (TiO2), carbon (C), indium oxide (In2O3), indium tin oxide (ITO), antimony tin oxide (ATO), fluorine tin oxide (FTO), tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5), cerium oxide (CeO2), yttrium oxide (Y2O3), europium oxide (Eu2O3), iron oxides such as iron(II,III) oxide (Fe3O4) and iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3), hafnium nitride (HfN), hafnium carbide (HfC), hafnium oxide (HfO2), lanthanum oxide (La2O3), magnesium oxide (MgO), neodymium oxide (Nd2O3), praseodymium oxide (Pr6O11), samarium oxide (Sm2O3), antimony trioxide (Sb2O3), silicon carbide (SiC), silicon nitride (Si3N4), silicon monoxide (SiO), selenium trioxide (Se2O3), tin oxide (SnO2), tungsten trioxide (WO3), bismuth(III) oxide (Bi2O3), aluminum oxide (Al2O3), metal fluorides, for example magnesium fluoride (MgF2), aluminum fluoride (AlF3), cerium fluoride (CeF3), sodium aluminum fluorides (e.g. Na3AlF6 or Na5Al3F14), silicon oxide (SIOx), silicon dioxide (SiO2), neodymium fluoride (NdF3), lanthanum fluoride (LaF3), samarium fluoride (SmF3), barium fluoride (BaF2), calcium fluoride (CaF2), lithium fluoride (LiF), organic monomers and/or organic polymers or layers of metal oxides, such as non-stoichiometric aluminum oxide, copper oxides, or chromium oxides and/or are made from at least one recycled metal material from printing inks or varnishes or inks containing at least one of these materials.

[0051] As shown in the figure, the cover layer 3 comprises a cover ply 9 in the form of a film on its side facing the support layer 2. In addition, a decorative ply 10, in particular a printed image, is applied or arranged on the side of this cover ply 9 facing away from the support layer 2. Alternatively, stroke-dotted lines indicate that it would also be conceivable for the decoratively 10, in particular the printed image, to be incorporated directly into the cover ply 9. It would also be conceivable for the cover layer 3 to be formed by a decorative ply 10, in particular by a printed image.

[0052] In addition, the exemplary embodiment shows that a protective layer 11 made of a varnish is formed on the side of the cover layer 3 facing away from the support layer 2, which protective layer 11 is preferably applied directly to the decorative ply 10. The protective layer 11 may also contain the at least one recycled material 4 and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5.

[0053] The side of the support layer 2 facing away from the cover layer 3 is additionally coated with a sealing layer 12 made of a plastic, so that the support layer 2 is arranged between the cover layer 3 and the sealing layer 12. However, it is also conceivable that the cover layer 3 is coated with the sealing layer 12 or that the cover layer 3 itself forms the sealing layer 12. The sealing layer 12 preferably contains the at least one recycled material 4 and/or the at least one material made of renewable raw materials and/or the at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5.

[0054] FIGS. 1 and 2 also show that an adhesive layer 13 or a laminating agent 7 may be arranged or is arranged on the side of the support layer 2 facing away from the cover layer 3. This adhesive layer 13 may be attached to a surface 14 of a metallic and/or a polymeric object and preferably contains at least one recycled material 4, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5. Preferably, the support layer 2 is a plastic film 8 with at least 20% PCR material, preferably with at least 50% PCR content. However, it would also be conceivable and possibly expedient to use another recycled plastic material and/or a plastic material made of renewable materials and/or a biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable plastic material instead of the PCR material.

[0055] In particular, FIG. 2 shows an exemplary embodiment of a component composite 16 which comprises an object 15, in particular in the form of a plate, with at least one surface 14 and at least one decorative element 1. The at least one decorative element 1 is arranged on the at least one surface 14 and connected to the object 15.

[0056] In addition, the object 15 is selected from a material from the group of wood, wood composite, plastic, glass, metal, ceramics, inorganic building materials such as concrete, eternit, or cellulose-containing materials, wherein the material preferably comprises at least one recycled material 4, and/or at least one material made of renewable raw materials, and/or at least one biologically degradable and/or marine-degradable material 5.

[0057] The at least one decorative element 1 may, for example, be formed onto the plate-shaped object 15, in particular extruded onto the object 15.

[0058] The exemplary embodiments show possible embodiment variants, and it should be noted in this respect that the invention is not restricted to these particular illustrated embodiment variants of it, but that rather also various combinations of the individual embodiment variants are possible and that this possibility of variation owing to the technical teaching provided by the present disclosure lies within the ability of the person skilled in the art in this technical field.

[0059] The scope of protection is determined by the claims. Nevertheless, the description and drawings are to be used for construing the claims. Individual features or feature combinations from the different exemplary embodiments shown and described may represent independent inventive solutions. The object underlying the independent inventive solutions may be taken from the description.

[0060] All indications regarding ranges of values in the present description are to be understood such that these also comprise random and all partial ranges from it, for example, the indication 1 to 10 is to be understood such that it comprises all partial ranges based on the lower limit 1 and the upper limit 10, i.e. all partial ranges start with a lower limit of 1 or larger and end with an upper limit of 10 or less, for example 1 through 1.7, or 3.2 through 8.1, or 5.5 through 10.

[0061] Finally, as a matter of form, it should be noted that for ease of understanding of the structure, elements are partially not depicted to scale and/or are enlarged and/or are reduced in size.