Abstract: A panel having a core, a top side, a bottom side, and edge pairs provided on opposite panel edges. At least one first edge pair has complementary locking elements. One locking element is a locking groove on a groove side of the edge pair and the complementary locking element is a locking tongue on a tongue side of the edge pair. The locking tongue of a first panel can be placed against the locking groove of a second panel of the same kind when the first panel is tilted, and the two panels can be locked to one another interlockingly by a rotating joining movement of the panels relative to one another. The form fit counteracts moving apart of the locked panels specifically in a direction that lies in the plane of the locked panels and is simultaneously perpendicular to the locked panel edges. The locking tongue has, on a top side, a contact surface directed to the panel top side.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a decorated, surface-structured wall or floor panel and a method for manufacturing same. The decorated, surface-structured wall or floor panel of the disclosure comprises a substrate made of a plastic composite material, a primer coat on a surface of the substrate, a decorative coat on the primer coat, a coat of radiation-curable varnish on the decorative coat, a structured plastic film on the coat of radiation-curable varnish, and a coat of finishing varnish on the structured plastic film.

Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method for producing a structured wear protection film. The method comprises the steps: providing a wear protection base film, applying a formable lacquer-containing cover layer onto at least a partial area of the wear protection base film, at least partial structuring the lacquer-containing cover layer by use of a digital printing process in order to produce a structure of the lacquer-containing cover layer and at least partially hardening the lacquer-containing cover layer. Moreover, a structured wear protection film, the use of a structured wear protection film and a decorative panel comprising a structured wear protection film are proposed.

Abstract: A panel having at least one pair of complementary locking elements at mutually opposite panel edges, wherein the locking elements are in the form of positively locking holding profiles with a locking groove and with a complementary locking tongue respectively, wherein at least at the edge of one of the holding profiles the panel surface has an edge break portion, with the proviso that that holding profile which is provided with the edge break portion is provided with an upper contact surface beneath the edge break portion and the complementary holding profile is provided with a complementary upper contact surface which is arranged substantially parallel thereto, and wherein a butt joint can be produced by the two contact surfaces in contact with each other, wherein the butt joint is inclined relative to the panel surface and for that purpose one of the contact surfaces is associated with a tongue and is inclined downwardly in the direction of the free end of the tongue in question and the complementary upper

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a carrier material for producing a carrier for a decorated wall or floor panel, wherein the carrier material comprises a matrix material having a plastic and a solid material, wherein the solid material is formed by talc in a proportion of at least 50 wt.-%, in particular at least 80 wt.-%, in particular at least 95 wt.-% in relation to the solid material, wherein the matrix material is present in a quantity of >30 wt.-% to <70 wt.-%, in particular >40 wt.-% to <60 wt.-% in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the solid material is present in a quantity of >30 wt.-% to <70 wt.-%, in particular >40 wt.-% to <60 wt.-% in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the matrix material and the solid material together are present in a quantity of >95 wt.-%, in particular ?99 wt.-% in relation to the carrier material.

Abstract: A panel, including a first edge pair of complementary interlocking retaining profiles on opposing panel edges. One of the retaining profiles has a locking groove having a retaining strip, which protrudes at the free end of the lower groove wall toward the panel surface. The complementary retaining profile has a locking tongue, which, in the joined state, interacts with the retaining surface of the retaining strip, and a play with both vertical and horizontal components so that the retaining profiles are movable perpendicularly to the panel surface and movable perpendicularly to the panel edges and parallel to the panel surface. In a joining step, the bottom side of the locking tongue is laid horizontal onto the retaining strip of the locking groove and then the tongue top side is slid against the inside of the upper groove wall, the tongue top side touching the inside of the upper groove wall in the region of the panel core.

Abstract: A panel including a panel top side and a panel underside and including at least four panel margins which are situated opposite one another in pairwise fashion, having complementary holding profiles which are provided in pairwise fashion on the panel margins and which fit together such that identical panels are fastenable to one another, wherein at least one of the holding profile pairs is equipped with hook profiles, specifically with a receiving hook on one panel margin and with an arresting hook on the opposite panel margin.

Abstract: A panel having at least one pair of complementary locking means at opposite panel edges, wherein at least one pair of the locking means is provided with complementary hook profile portions, wherein at least one of the hook profile portions has a compression region.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decorative panel with a carrier plate comprising a multi-laminate plastic carrier material with a plurality N of layer sequences of the A-B-A type, wherein layer A comprises a first thermoplastic resin and layer B a second thermoplastic resin different from the thermoplastic resin of layer A and wherein N lies between ?3 and ?250.

Abstract: A panel comprising a panel top side and a panel underside and comprising at least four panel margins which are situated opposite one another in pairwise fashion, having complementary holding profiles which are provided in pairwise fashion on the panel margins and which fit together such that identical panels are fastenable to one another, wherein at least one of the holding profile pairs is equipped with hook profiles, specifically with a receiving hook on one panel margin and with an arresting hook on the opposite panel margin.

Abstract: A panel having at least one pair of complementary locking structures at opposite panel edges, wherein at least one pair of the locking structures is provided with complementary hook profile portions, wherein at least one of the hook profile portions has a compression region.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-laminate plastic carrier plate having a plurality N of A-B-A layer sequences, wherein the A layer includes a first thermoplastic resin and the B layer includes a second thermoplastic resin, and wherein the first thermoplastic resin is a virgin plastic and the second plastic is a recycled plastic, and wherein 250?N?2, preferably 200?N?3, preferably 125?N?4, still more preferably 100?N?5.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a carrier material for producing a carrier for a decorated wall or floor panel, wherein the carrier material comprises a matrix material having a plastic, a solid material and a fiber material, wherein the solid material is formed by an inorganic material in a proportion of at least 50 wt. %, in particular at least 80 wt. %, in particular at least 95 wt. % in relation to the solid material, wherein the matrix material is present in a quantity of ?20 wt. % to ?60 wt. %, in particular ?28 wt. % to ?48 wt. %, in particular ?35 wt. % to ?41 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the solid material is present in a quantity of ?25 wt. % to ?65 wt. %, in particular ?33 wt. % to ?53 wt. %, in particular ?40 wt. % to ?46 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the fiber material is present in a quantity of >1 wt. % to ?35 wt. %, in particular ?7 wt. % to ?30 wt. %, approximately ?14 wt. % to ?21 wt.

Abstract: A method for producing a decorated wall or floor panel, comprises the steps of: providing a pourable carrier material, in particular a granulate; placing the carrier material between two belt-like conveying means; forming the carrier material under the influence of temperature to form a web-shaped carrier; compressing the carrier; treating the carrier under the influence of pressure with use of a twin belt press at a first temperature T1 while forming a first compression factor K1 of the carrier; treating the carrier under the influence of pressure at a second temperature T2 while forming a second compression factor K2 of the carrier, wherein T2<T1 and wherein K2<K1; optionally cooling the carrier; optionally applying a decorative subsurface onto at least part of the carrier; applying a decorative template onto at least part of the carrier; and applying a protective layer onto at least part of the decoration.

Abstract: A panel having a panel upper side and a panel lower side and at least two opposing panel edges. One panel edge has a simple fold projecting in the lower region of the panel edge and recessed in the upper region. The opposing panel edge has a complementary simple fold projecting in the upper region and recessed in the lower region, so that both folds form together a stepshaped connection in the connected state. The panel edges each have an edge break on the panel upper side, which form in the connected state a joint in a covering surface. The edge break of one of the panel edges is larger than the edge break of the opposing panel edge. A lower part of the large edge break of the one panel edge is overlapped in the connected state by the small edge break of the opposing panel edge.

Abstract: A panel having a pair of complementary locking elements at mutually opposite panel edges. The locking elements are positively locking holding profiles with a locking groove and a complementary locking tongue respectively. At least at the edge of one of the holding profiles the panel surface has an edge break portion. The holding profile provided with the edge break portion has an upper contact surface beneath the edge break portion and the complementary holding profile has a complementary upper contact surface arranged substantially parallel thereto. A butt joint is produced by contact of two contact surfaces. The butt joint is inclined relative to the panel surface. One of the contact surfaces is associated with a tongue and is inclined downwardly toward the free end of the tongue in question and the complementary upper contact surface is associated with a groove and is inclined downwardly toward the bottom of the groove.

Abstract: A carrier material for producing a decorated wall or floor panel, as well as the corresponding wall or floor panel, may comprise a matrix material and a solid material. The matrix material is present from ?25 wt.-% to ?55 wt.-% and the solid material is present from ?45 wt.-% to ?75 wt.-% of the carrier material. The matrix material and the solid material together may be present in an amount of ?95 wt.-% of the carrier material. The solid material is formed to at least 50 wt.-% of a solid composition consisting of at least a first layered silicate powder and a second layered silicate powder. The matrix material is formed to at least 50 wt.-% by a plastic composition consisting of a homopolymer and at least a first copolymer and a second copolymer.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a decorated, surface-structured wall or floor panel and a method for manufacturing same. The decorated, surface-structured wall or floor panel of the disclosure comprises a substrate made of a plastic composite material, a primer coat on a surface of the substrate, a decorative coat on the primer coat, a coat of radiation-curable varnish on the decorative coat, a structured plastic film on the coat of radiation-curable varnish, and a coat of finishing varnish on the structured plastic film.

Abstract: A method for producing a decorated wall or floor panel comprises providing a pourable carrier material, placing the carrier material between two belt-like conveying means, forming the carrier material under the action of temperature to form a web-shaped carrier, compressing the carrier, treating the carrier under action of pressure using a twin belt press, wherein the carrier is cooled within or upstream of the twin belt press, optionally cooling the carrier, optionally applying a decorative subsurface onto at least a portion of the carrier, applying a decoration reproducing a decorative template onto at least a portion of the carrier, applying a protective layer onto at least a portion of the decoration, optionally structuring the protective layer in order to introduce pores and/or the edge region of the carrier in order to form connecting elements, and optionally treating the carrier for electrostatic discharge prior to any one of the above steps.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plastic-containing support for a decorated wall panel or floor panel, comprising a supporting material including a thermoplastic matrix material, in which a solid material with a particle size less than or equal to 800 ?m is embedded, wherein the support has a length, a width and a thickness, wherein the support has a density gradient along its thickness from a bottom surface to a top surface arranged on the opposite side to the bottom surface in such a manner, that the density of the supporting material averaged over a specified width or a specified length of at least 5 mm, preferably at least 20 mm, from the bottom surface to the top surface initially declines and then increases again.