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(11) EP 0 295 801 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.02.1991 Bulletin 1991/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/51

(21) Application number: 88304782.1

(22) Date of filing: 26.05.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: E04F 15/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 28.05.1987 GB 8712507

(71) Applicant: Thorsman & Co. (U.K.) Limited
Chorley Lancashire (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Payne, Harold James William
    Birkenhead& Merseyside (GB)

(74) Representative: Lyons, Andrew John 
ROYSTONS Tower Building Water Street
Liverpool L3 1BA
Liverpool L3 1BA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Flooring panels


    (57) A flooring panel comprises a substantially rectangular tray (12) with free edges of all upstanding sides (12S) bent outwardly to form flanging (12F), a substantially rectangular load-sustaining board or block (16) substantially filling the tray (12) whose bottom and the adjacent major face of the board or block are bonded together (18B), and a substantially rectangular cover plate (14) extending over the tray (12) and the other major face of the board or block (16) and bonded (18C) to that face. The cover plate (14) at each of its edges (14E) is secured to the flanging (12F) whether by clenching (14R in Figure 2) or welding (25 in Figure 3).







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