Panel comprising coupling parts

Abstract

Panels for floor coverings, wall coverings or ceilings have a first pair of opposite edges and a second pair of opposite edges. The opposite edges are provided with coupling parts that allow opposite edges of such panels to be coupled in a more easy way; and/or that allow that installation patterns can be made using the panels, without requiring a second type or second configuration of panels. The panel is provided with locking elements that create a locking of the so-coupled panels in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the panels; and in the direction parallel with the panels and perpendicular to the coupled panel edges.

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         55 . A panel arranged as a floor panel for forming a floor covering, or a panel for forming a wall covering, or a panel for covering a ceiling,
 wherein the panel comprises a first pair of opposite edges,   wherein the first pair of opposite edges comprises a first edge and an opposite second edge;   wherein the first edge comprises first coupling parts; wherein the second edge comprises second coupling parts;   wherein the first coupling parts comprise an upper lip,   wherein the lower side of the upper lip comprises a first insert,   wherein the first insert comprises a first male section and/or a first female section;   wherein the second coupling parts comprise a lower lip,   wherein the upper side of the lower lip comprises a second insert,   wherein the second insert comprises a second female section and/or a second male section;   wherein the first coupling parts are configured for coupling the panel at the first edge to the second coupling parts at the second edge of a second such panel, by means of a downward movement of the first edge of the panel relative to the second edge of the second such panel, thereby establishing a locking in the direction in the plane of the panel and perpendicular to the coupled edges and perpendicularly to the plane of the panel;   wherein during such coupling the first male section of the panel engages in the second female section of the second such panel; and/or   the second male section of the second such panel engages in the first female section of the panel.   
     
     
         56 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the first insert and/or the second insert is a strip. 
     
     
         57 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the first insert and/or the second insert have along their longitudinal direction a constant cross section. 
     
     
         58 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the cross-section perpendicular to the first edge of the first male part and/or the cross-section perpendicular to the second edge of the second male part comprises a mushroom shape,
 wherein the mushroom shape comprises a stem and a mushroom head.   
     
     
         59 . The panel of  claim 58 , wherein the bottom of the mushroom head comprises a concave section. 
     
     
         60 . The panel of  claim 59 , wherein the female part provided for coupling with the mushroom head is configured to contact or engage with, in coupled condition of two such panels at their first pair of opposite edges, at least part of the concave section of the mushroom head, thereby locking the two panels to each other. 
     
     
         61 . The panel of  claim 58 , wherein the bottom of the mushroom head comprises a flat section. 
     
     
         62 . The panel of  claim 58 , wherein the bottom of the mushroom head comprises a convex section. 
     
     
         63 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the cross-section perpendicular to the first edge of the first female part and/or the cross-section perpendicular to the second edge of the second female part comprises two legs between which a male part of a corresponding edge of a second such panel can be locked. 
     
     
         64 . The panel of  claim 63 , wherein at least one of the two legs comprises an inclined extension configured to act as locking parts for locking the female part comprising the legs to a male part of another such panel. 
     
     
         65 . The panel of  claim 64 , wherein at least part of the surface of the inclined extension is configured such that it can contact or engage with at least part of the concave section of a coupled such panel,
 wherein said contact or engagement creates a locking of the female part to the male part of the coupled such panel.   
     
     
         66 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the first insert and/or the second insert is extruded. 
     
     
         67 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the first insert and/or the second insert is/are out of a thermoplastic material or out of an elastomeric material. 
     
     
         68 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein during the coupling, the first female part undergoes an elastic deformation in order to engage the second male part; and/or
 the second female part undergoes an elastic deformation in order to engage the first male part.   
     
     
         69 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein during the coupling, the first male part undergoes an elastic deformation in order to engage the second female part; and/or
 the second male part undergoes an elastic deformation in order to engage the first female part.   
     
     
         70 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the upper lip comprises a first recess defined as a groove;
 wherein the groove is parallel with the first edge of the panel—into which the first insert is provided, wherein the first insert is attached in the first recess by means of an adhesive or by means of geometrical or frictional constraint.   
     
     
         71 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the lower lip comprises a second recess defined as a groove;
 wherein the groove is parallel with the second edge of the panel—into which the second insert is provided, wherein the second insert is attached in the second recess by means of an adhesive or by means of geometrical or frictional constraint.   
     
     
         72 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the first edge comprises a first upper lip section more proximal to the panel than the first insert;
 wherein the second edge comprises a second lower lip section more distal to the panel than the second insert;   wherein in coupled condition of two such panels, the first upper lip section of the first coupled panel engages with and contacts the second lower lip section of the second coupled panel;   wherein the first upper lip section and the second lower lip section are made in one piece.   
     
     
         73 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the first edge comprises a second upper lip section more distal to the panel than first insert;
 wherein the second edge comprises a first lower lip section more proximal to the panel than the second insert;   wherein in coupled condition of two such panels, the second upper lip section of the first coupled panel engages with and contacts the first lower lip section of the second coupled panel;   wherein the second upper lip section and the first lower lip section are made in one piece.   
     
     
         74 . The panel of  claim 55 , wherein the first insert comprises a first male section and a first female section;
 wherein the second insert comprises a second male section and a second female section;   wherein during coupling the first male section of the panel engages in the second female section of the second such panel; and   the second male section of the second such panel engages in the first female section panel.   
     
     
         75 . The panel of  claim 74 , wherein the first insert is identical to the second insert. 
     
     
         76 . The panel of  claim 74 , wherein in the first insert the first male section and the first female section are provided as separate profiles. 
     
     
         77 . The panel of  claim 74 , wherein in the second insert the second male section and the second female section are provided as separate profiles. 
     
     
         78 . The panel of  claim 74 , wherein the first insert comprises no other male sections than the first male section and no other female section than the first female section. 
     
     
         79 . The panel of  claim 74 , wherein the second insert comprises no other male sections than the second male section and no other female section than the second female section.