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EP 2243409 A2 20101027 - Floor slab

Title (en)

Floor slab

Title (de)

Bodenplatte

Title (fr)

Plancher

Publication

EP 2243409 A2 20101027 (EN)

Application

EP 10160558 A 20100421

Priority

NL 2002776 A 20090422

Abstract (en)

The invention relates to a floor plate (1), for instance for a shower floor, which floor plate comprises: - a plate, preferably of hard foam (2); - a drain (22) arranged in the plate; and - a sealing membrane (4) extending at least over the peripheral edges of the plate, which sealing membrane is fixed watertightly to the plate at a distance from the peripheral edge (9).

IPC 8 full level

A47K 3/40 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47K 3/40 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA ME RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2243409 A2 20101027; EP 2243409 A3 20101208; EP 2243409 B1 20171122; NL 2002776 C2 20101025

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 10160558 A 20100421; NL 2002776 A 20090422