Patents by Inventor Lode De Boe

Lode De Boe 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).

  • Publication number: 20230106580
    Abstract: A rectangular panel which, on the first and on the second pair of opposite edges, has coupling parts configured for easy installation in a wall or ceiling covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Luc MAERTENS, Mark CAPPELLE, Caroline VAN DE POPULIERE, Lode DE BOE
  • Patent number: 11292151
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a board as well as a profiled element for manufacturing the board. The method including the steps of providing a material mass including an organic material and a binding agent for binding the organic material together, pressing the material mass so as to form the board, and removing material from the material mass in one or more material zones before pressing so as to obtain after pressing a lower density in those zones compared to the remainder of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Lode De Boe, Peter Hochepied
  • Publication number: 20190047172
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a board as well as a profiled element for manufacturing the board. The method including the steps of providing a material mass including an organic material and a binding agent for binding the organic material together, pressing the material mass so as to form the board, and removing material from the material mass in one or more material zones before pressing so as to obtain after pressing a lower density in those zones compared to the remainder of the board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard THIERS, Lode DE BOE, Peter HOCHEPIED
  • Patent number: 10118311
    Abstract: Board, wherein this board substantially consists of a material mass which is pressed and which comprises at least two components, namely a first component consisting of organic material, and a second component functioning as a binding agent for said first component, with the characteristic that said material mass is composed differently in the plane of the board. The invention also relates to methods by which such board can be manufactured, as well as to panels comprising such board material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Lode De Boe, Peter Hochepied
  • Patent number: 10113318
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein is started from panels, these panels, at their lower side, are provided with at least one guiding groove and these panels, at least at two opposite sides, are provided with profiled edge regions that comprise coupling parts, characterized in that at least one of the aforementioned two profiled edge regions is formed such that this region, seen in a cross-section of the panel, transverse to the guiding groove, extends at the lower side of the panel at least up to the guiding groove. Further, the invention also relates to still other methods, for manufacturing as well as packaging of floor panels, and also relates to devices used therewith, as well as to floor panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Mark Cappelle, Lode De Boe
  • Publication number: 20160177577
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein is started from panels, these panels, at their lower side, are provided with at least one guiding groove and these panels, at least at two opposite sides, are provided with profiled edge regions that comprise coupling parts, characterized in that at least one of the aforementioned two profiled edge regions is formed such that this region, seen in a cross-section of the panel, transverse to the guiding groove, extends at the lower side of the panel at least up to the guiding groove. Further, the invention also relates to still other methods, for manufacturing as well as packaging of floor panels, and also relates to devices used therewith, as well as to floor panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Mark CAPPELLE, Lode DE BOE
  • Patent number: 9212493
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein boards of laminate material are formed by means of a press treatment and wherein these boards are divided into several panels, from which the actual floor panels are formed. In a press treatment of the method, at least one impression is provided in the board, which at least is employed as a guiding groove for guiding the aforementioned board or the subsequently obtained panels in further treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Mark Cappelle, Lode De Boe
  • Patent number: 8950148
    Abstract: A floor panel for a floor covering includes a pair of two opposite sides having coupling parts allowing to couple the floor panel to similar floor panels. The coupling parts, in a coupled condition, provide locking in vertical and horizontal directions. The floor panel has a core including two core material parts provided as a sandwich structure between an upper layer and a bottom layer, and respectively extending up to one of the two sides. A locking element is in the form of an insert located at one of the sides of the coupling parts, and is mounted in the core material part. The locking element is of the type which, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking in a vertical direction. The two core material parts include a different basic material or a basic material with different properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventor: Lode De Boe
  • Publication number: 20140250810
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein boards of laminate material are formed by means of a press treatment and wherein these boards are divided into several panels, from which the actual floor panels are formed. In a press treatment of the method, at least one impression is provided in the board, which at least is employed as a guiding groove for guiding the aforementioned board or the subsequently obtained panels in further treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Mark CAPPELLE, Lode DE BOE
  • Patent number: 8826622
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein boards of laminate material are formed by means of a press treatment and wherein these boards are divided into several panels, from which the actual floor panels are formed. In a press treatment of the method, at least one impression is provided in the board, which at least is employed as a guiding groove for guiding the aforementioned board or the subsequently obtained panels in further treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl
    Inventors: Mark Cappelle, Lode De Boe
  • Patent number: 8375679
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein boards of laminate material are formed by means of a press treatment and wherein these boards are divided into several panels, from which the actual floor panels are formed. In a press treatment of the method, at least one impression is provided in the board, which at least is employed as a guiding groove for guiding the aforementioned board or the subsequently obtained panels in further treatments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARL
    Inventors: Mark Cappelle, Lode De Boe
  • Patent number: 8161701
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein is started from panels (1), these panels (1), at their lower side (9), are provided with at least one guiding groove (22) and these panels (1), at least at two opposite sides (3A-3B/4A-4B), are provided with profiled edge regions (5A-5B) that comprise coupling parts (17A-17B), characterized in that at least one of the aforementioned two profiled edge regions (5A-5B) is formed such that this region, seen in a cross-section of the panel (1), transverse to the guiding groove (22), extends at the lower side (9) of the panel (1) at least up to the guiding groove (22). Further, the invention also relates to still other methods, for manufacturing as well as packaging of floor panels, and also relates to devices used therewith, as well as to floor panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Flooring Industries Limited, SARL
    Inventors: Mark Cappelle, Lode De Boe
  • Publication number: 20120042595
    Abstract: A floor panel for a floor covering includes a pair of two opposite sides having coupling parts allowing to couple the floor panel to similar floor panels. The coupling parts, in a coupled condition, provide locking in vertical and horizontal directions. The floor panel has a core including two core material parts provided as a sandwich structure between an upper layer and a bottom layer, and respectively extending up to one of the two sides. A locking element is in the form of an insert located at one of the sides of the coupling parts, and is mounted in the core material part. The locking element is of the type which, in the coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking in a vertical direction. The two core material parts include a different basic material or a basic material with different properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventor: Lode De Boe
  • Publication number: 20100311854
    Abstract: Board, wherein this board substantially consists of a material mass which is pressed and which comprises at least two components, namely a first component consisting of organic material, and a second component functioning as a binding agent for said first component, with the characteristic that said material mass is composed differently in the plane of the board. The invention also relates to methods by which such board can be manufactured, as well as to panels comprising such board material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Lode De Boe, Peter Hochepied
  • Publication number: 20100285289
    Abstract: Floor covering, of the type formed from floor panels having at their decorative side a layer representing a motif, wherein this layer in each case is composed at least of a background and of a print in the form of a motif, wherein the floor covering includes at least two floor panels which are manufactured with backgrounds of different color and/or tint, which effect a different final appearance at the decorative side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Oke Nollet, Benny Schacht, Peter Provoost, Lode De Boe
  • Publication number: 20090260748
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein boards of laminate material are formed by means of a press treatment and wherein these boards are divided into several panels, from which the actual floor panels are formed. In a press treatment of the method, at least one impression is provided in the board, which at least is employed as a guiding groove for guiding the aforementioned board or the subsequently obtained panels in further treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Cappelle, Lode De Boe
  • Publication number: 20090049792
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing floor panels, wherein is started from panels (1), these panels (1), at their lower side (9), are provided with at least one guiding groove (22) and these panels (1), at least at two opposite sides (3A-3B/4A-4B), are provided with profiled edge regions (5A-5B) that comprise coupling parts (17A-17B), characterized in that at least one of the aforementioned two profiled edge regions (5A-5B) is formed such that this region, seen in a cross-section of the panel (1), transverse to the guiding groove (22), extends at the lower side (9) of the panel (1) at least up to the guiding groove (22). Further, the invention also relates to still other methods, for manufacturing as well as packaging of floor panels, and also relates to devices used therewith, as well as to floor panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Cappelle, Lode De Boe
  • Publication number: 20070125021
    Abstract: Skirting board, more particularly a skirting board with a laminated surface on one or more sides, characterized in that it is composed of short pieces (59), more particularly with a length of less than two meters, which can be mounted successively one after the other in longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Lode De Boe, Mark Cappelle, Luc Vanhastel
  • Publication number: 20060026923
    Abstract: Floor covering, of the type consisting of the type consisting of oblong, and more particularly rectangular, strip-shaped hard floor panels with a layered structure, which extend in parallel rows, characterized in that it comprises floor panels of at least two different lengths, whereby these different lengths are realized at the manufacturer's.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Lode De Boe, Luc Vanhastel
  • Publication number: 20050066605
    Abstract: Floor covering, of the type consisting of oblong, and more particularly rectangular, strip-shaped hard floor panels (2) with a layered structure, which extend in parallel rows, characterized in that it comprises floor panels (2) of at least two different lengths (L1-L2-L3), whereby these different lengths (L1-L2-L3) are realized at the manufacturer's.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Lode De Boe, Luc Dirk Vanhastel