Patents by Inventor Jan Eddy De Rick

Jan Eddy De Rick 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).

  • Patent number: 11053693
    Abstract: A plurality of floor panels consists of a first series of floor panels includes first floor panels, and a second series of floor panels includes second floor panels. The first and second floor panels are configured for fold-type coupling. The first and second floor panels define coupling parts mutually differing from each other and are configured so that the first and second floor panels are compatible and able to be coupled to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventor: Jan Eddy De Rick
  • Patent number: 11015351
    Abstract: A floor panel arranged to be installed according to the fold-down principle, with a first pair and a second pair of edges. The second pair of edges coupling parts are arranged to be coupled to each other by a downward movement with two contact zones at opposite sides of a male part which fits into a female part. The ratio between the horizontal distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone, and the vertical distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone is more than 5, and/or wherein well-defined support points are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventor: Jan Eddy De Rick
  • Patent number: 10995499
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: IVC N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
  • Publication number: 20200370305
    Abstract: A set of floor panels, which is suitable for forming a floor covering in herringbone pattern, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular; wherein the long as well as the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling means; and wherein the male coupling part on the short edge can be inserted into the female coupling part on the long edge in one and the same turning movement which is used to insert the male coupling part on the long edge into the female coupling part on the long or short edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Eddy DE RICK, Bart VAN DER STOCKT
  • Publication number: 20200340254
    Abstract: A set of floor panels includes floor panels that are oblong rectangular and have a pair of long edges and a pair of short edges. The long and the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling parts, which allow coupling the floor panels of the set to each other such that a herringbone pattern can be realized herewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Jan Eddy DE RICK
  • Patent number: 10815677
    Abstract: A set of floor panels, which is suitable for forming a floor covering in herringbone pattern, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular; wherein the long as well as the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling means; and wherein the male coupling part on the short edge can be inserted into the female coupling part on the long edge in one and the same turning movement which is used to insert the male coupling part on the long edge into the female coupling part on the long or short edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bart Van Der Stockt
  • Publication number: 20200318360
    Abstract: A plurality of floor panels includes a first series of floor panels and a second series of floor panels. The first and second floor panels both are of the fold-down type, and comprise coupling parts mutually differing from each other, which, are configured such that they allow that the floor panels are compatibly coupleable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Jan Eddy DE RICK
  • Publication number: 20200277796
    Abstract: A floor panel arranged to be installed according to the fold-down principle, with a first pair and a second pair of edges. The second pair of edges coupling parts are arranged to be coupled to each other by a downward movement with two contact zones at opposite sides of a male part which fits into a female part. The ratio between the horizontal distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone, and the vertical distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone is more than 5, and/or wherein well-defined support points are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Jan Eddy DE RICK
  • Patent number: 10731682
    Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a board having edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in the floor covering, wherein the coupling elements comprise at least one male part and at least one female part, the male part being positioned along a first edge and protruding outwardly beyond an upper edge at the first edge, the female part being positioned along a second edge and extending inwardly beyond an upper edge at said second edge to form a recess for at least partially receiving the male part, wherein the recess comprises an inlet opening having a vertical breadth, wherein the ratio between the vertical breadth and the thickness of the board is more than 0.4, and wherein the board has a thickness comprised from 3.2 mm to 6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Daltile Corporation
    Inventors: Claudio Caselli, Rahul Patki, Jan Eddy De Rick
  • Publication number: 20200232226
    Abstract: A floor panel arranged to be installed according to the fold-down principle, with a first pair and a second pair of edges. The second pair of edges coupling parts are arranged to be coupled to each other by a downward movement with two contact zones at opposite sides of a male part which fits into a female part. The ratio between the horizontal distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone, and the vertical distance between the middle of the first contact zone and the middle of the second contact zone is more than 5, and/or wherein well-defined support points are applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Jan Eddy DE RICK
  • Publication number: 20200217082
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Verneulen
  • Patent number: 10690157
    Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a board having edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in the floor covering, wherein the coupling elements comprise at least one male part and at least one female part, the male part being positioned along a first edge and protruding outwardly beyond an upper edge at the first edge, the female part being positioned along a second edge and extending inwardly beyond an upper edge at said second edge to form a recess for at least partially receiving the male part, wherein the recess comprises an inlet opening having a vertical breadth, wherein the ratio between the vertical breadth and the thickness of the board is more than 0.4, and wherein the board has a thickness comprised from 3.2 mm to 6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Daltile Corporation
    Inventors: Claudio Caselli, Rahul Patki, Jan Eddy De Rick
  • Publication number: 20200190825
    Abstract: A set of floor panels, which is suitable for forming a floor covering in herringbone pattern, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular; wherein the long as well as the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling means; and wherein the male coupling part on the short edge can be inserted into the female coupling part on the long edge in one and the same turning movement which is used to insert the male coupling part on the long edge into the female coupling part on the long or short edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Eddy DE RICK, Bart VAN DER STOCKT
  • Publication number: 20200190824
    Abstract: A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor covering consists of floor panels, which, on at least one pair of edges, are provided with coupling parts. The coupling parts substantially are manufactured from the material of the floor panel, and the coupling parts are configured such that two such floor panels, at the pair of edges, can be installed and locked to each other by means of a downward movement and/or by means of the fold-down principle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Eddy DE RICK, Pieter DEVOS
  • Patent number: 10683668
    Abstract: A set of floor panels, which is suitable for forming a floor covering in herringbone pattern, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular; wherein the long as well as the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling means; and wherein the male coupling part on the short edge can be inserted into the female coupling part on the long edge in one and the same turning movement which is used to insert the male coupling part on the long edge into the female coupling part on the long or short edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bart Van Der Stockt
  • Patent number: 10677275
    Abstract: A floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a board having edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent similar floor element in the floor covering, wherein the coupling elements comprise at least one male part and at least one female part, the male part being positioned along a first edge and protruding outwardly beyond an upper edge at the first edge, the female part being positioned along a second edge and extending inwardly beyond an upper edge at the second edge to thereby form a recess for at least partially receiving the male part, wherein the recess comprises an inlet opening having a vertical breadth, with the characteristic that the ratio between the vertical breadth and the thickness of the board is more than 0.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Daltile Corporation
    Inventors: Claudio Caselli, Rahul Patki, Jan Eddy De Rick
  • Patent number: 10648182
    Abstract: A floor panel for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor covering consists of floor panels, which, on at least one pair of edges, are provided with coupling parts. The coupling parts substantially are manufactured from the material of the floor panel, and the coupling parts are configured such that two such floor panels, at the pair of edges, can be installed and locked to each other by means of a downward movement and/or by means of the fold-down principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Pieter Devos
  • Patent number: 10612250
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARL
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
  • Publication number: 20190257092
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Jan Eddy De Rick, Bruno Paul Louis Vermeulen
  • Publication number: 20190136545
    Abstract: A set of floor panels, which is suitable for forming a floor covering in herringbone pattern, wherein these floor panels are oblong rectangular; wherein the long as well as the short edges are provided with mechanical coupling means; and wherein the male coupling part on the short edge can be inserted into the female coupling part on the long edge in one and the same turning movement which is used to insert the male coupling part on the long edge into the female coupling part on the long or short edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jan Eddy DE RICK, Bart VAN DER STOCKT