Patents by Inventor Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230332416Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Jan Eddy DE RICK, Bruno Paul Louis VERMEULEN
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Patent number: 11739540Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARLInventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20230058173Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Jan Eddy DE RICK, Bruno Paul Louis VERMEULEN
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Patent number: 11479978Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARLInventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20220032606Abstract: A method of decorating a panel includes the steps of supplying a panel to a carrier, performing at least a first printing step by means of a first printing module and performing a second printing step by means of a second printing module. The first and second printing steps are performed according to a predetermined positional relationship to form the decorated panel. Between the first and second printing steps, the panel is held at a substantially fixed position with respect to the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventor: Bruno Paul Louis VERMEULEN
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Publication number: 20210254350Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Jan Eddy DE RICK, Bruno Paul Louis VERMEULEN
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Patent number: 10995499Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: IVC N.V.Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Patent number: 10612250Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARLInventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20190257092Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Patent number: 10280627Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARLInventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Patent number: 9956814Abstract: A method of decorating a substrate comprises the steps of supplying a substrate, supplying a carrier, providing the carrier with a textured surface, applying a sublimation agent on the carrier, placing the substrate and the carrier including the textured surface and the sublimation agent onto each other, pressing the substrate and the carrier together and subliming the sublimation agent towards the substrate, removing the carrier from the substrate, wherein the textured surface of the carrier is provided by applying a pattern of a hard substance on the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: UNILIN BVBAInventor: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20170350139Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Patent number: 9476208Abstract: A floor panel assembly includes adjacent floor panels connected together along edges thereof with a locking element extending between the edges. The locking element has a first locking surface; a locking portion at one end; a control portion near another end; and a connecting portion connecting the locking portion to the control portion. The connecting portion is slidably accommodated in a channel of one of the panels and pushed towards a first end of the channel when the locking element is moved or deformed from a first position to a second position by the control portion, the front position being when the panels are disconnected and movable relative to each other and the second position being when the panels are fixedly connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Spanolux N.V.—Div. BalterioInventors: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen, Jan Eddy De Rick
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Publication number: 20160121646Abstract: A method of decorating a substrate comprises the steps of supplying a substrate, supplying a carrier, providing the carrier with a textured surface, applying a sublimation agent on the carrier, placing the substrate and the carrier including the textured surface and the sublimation agent onto each other, pressing the substrate and the carrier together and subliming the sublimation agent towards the substrate, removing the carrier from the substrate, wherein the textured surface of the carrier is provided by applying a pattern of a hard substance on the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventor: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Patent number: 9260870Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: IVC N.V.Inventors: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen, Jan Eddy De Rick
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Publication number: 20160024802Abstract: A floor panel assembly includes adjacent floor panels connected together along edges thereof with a locking element extending between the edges. The locking element has a first locking surface; a locking portion at one end; a control portion near another end; and a connecting portion connecting the locking portion to the control portion. The connecting portion is slidably accommodated in a channel of one of the panels and pushed towards a first end of the channel when the locking element is moved or deformed from a first position to a second position by the control portion, the front position being when the panels are disconnected and movable relative to each other and the second position being when the panels are fixedly connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen, Jan Eddy De Rick
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Patent number: 9206611Abstract: A floor panel assembly includes sheet-shaped floor panels joinable by joining members, each panel being provided on a first edge with a first joining member and, on a second edge, with a second joining member. The first and second joining members of two panels are configured to be joined by a movement of the panels towards to each other. The joining members lock the panels vertically and horizontally. The joining members are provided with a locking element which is deformable, during said joining, from a first position allowing the joining members to be joined, to a second position in which it locks the joining members to each other at least horizontally.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Spanolux N.V.—Div. BalterioInventors: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen, Jan Eddy De Rick
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Publication number: 20150267418Abstract: A set of mutually lockable panels comprises a first panel having an edge including a male part and a second panel having an edge including a female part for receiving the male part of the first panel in unlocked condition of the panels. The male part has an outer side which, in locked condition of the panels, is directed to the second panel in a direction substantially parallel to the front face of the first panel, and an opposite inner side which is provided with a locking surface. The female part comprises a locking member, which is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends substantially parallel to the edge of the second panel and an actuator for rotating the locking member from its unlocked condition to a locked condition of the panels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen, Jan Eddy De Rick
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Publication number: 20150239230Abstract: A method of decorating a panel comprises the steps of supplying a panel to a carrier, performing at least a first printing step by means of a first printing module and performing a second printing step by means of a second printing module, wherein the first and second printing steps are performed according to a predetermined positional relationship to form the decorated panel, and wherein during and between the first and second printing steps the panel is held at a substantially fixed position with respect to the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventor: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
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Patent number: 9015924Abstract: A panel for use in an assembly of panels is attached to each other to form a covering. The panel comprises an upper surface and a lower surface each extending within a different main plane, and at least an edge between these surfaces comprising a coupling to couple the panel to a coupling of another panel. The upper surface includes a lowered part at said edge and the cross-section of the lowered part, perpendicular to the edge of the panel, varies along the edge. Such a panel provides a good imitation of a panel made of natural materials. The invention also provides an appropriate method and apparatus to make such a panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Spanolux N.V.-Div. BalterioInventors: Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen, Jan Eddy De Rick