权利要求：
Claims
1. Decorative panel, in particular a floor panel, ceiling panel or wall panel, comprising: a core provided with an upper side and a lower side, a decorative top structure affixed, directly or indirectly, on said upper side of the core, said decorative top structure comprising:
• at least one digitally printed decorative print layer forming at least one decor image, and
• a plurality of substantially transparent or translucent cover layers covering said decorative print layer, said cover layers comprising at least one, preferably digitally printed, base cover layer, and at least one, at least partially digitally printed, textured cover layer, covering said base cover layer, wherein said textured cover layer comprises at least one digitally created first texture, wherein said textured cover layer preferably has a higher gloss level than the base cover layer, and wherein the upper side of the core and/or at least one layer of the decorative top structure comprises at least one mechanically created second texture, wherein at least one second texture is located at at least one panel edge and forms at least one bevel and/or at least one grout.
2. Panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first texture is at least partially defined by at least one, at least partially cured base layer provided with a plurality of indentations.
3. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein a part of the base layer is provided with said plurality of indentations, and wherein another part of the base layer is free of indentations.
4. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the plurality of indentations of the base layer forms a discontinuous indentation pattern.
5. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the base layer is a printed base layer.
6. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the indentations provided in the base layer have a depth situated in between 2 micron and 100 micron, preferably situated in between 3 micron and 50 micron. 7. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least a part of the indentations of the base layer is aligned in register with at least a part of at least one decor image formed by the decorative print layer, in particular at least one pattern defined by at least one decor image formed by the decorative print layer. 8. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the indentations provided in the base layer have been formed by material removal from the initial base layer.
9. Panel according to claim 8, wherein the indentations provided in the base layer have been created by digitally printing of reactive droplets onto the base layer, preferably onto the initially liquid base layer.
10. Panel according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the indentations provided in the base layer have been created by digitally printing of an embossing liquid onto an initially liquid base layer and by removal of said embossing liquid after at least partially curing said base layer.
11. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the first texture is at least partially defined by at least one at least partially cured elevated pattern layer formed by a plurality of printed elevations.
12. Panel according to one of claims 2-10, and claim 11 , wherein said elevated pattern layer is printed on top of said base layer. 13. Panel according to claim 12, wherein an upper side of the base layer defines an embossing base level, and wherein the indentations and at least a part of the elevations are situated at opposite sides of said embossing base level.
14. Panel according to claim 12 or 13, wherein an upper side of the base layer defines a base level, and wherein the indentations and at least a part of the elevations are situated at the same side of said base level. 15. Panel according to one of claims 2-10, and one of claims 11-14, wherein at least a part of the elevations are printed on the part of the base layer which is free of indentations.
16. Panel according to one of claims 11-15, wherein the elevations of the elevated pattern layer have a height situated in between 2 micron and 500 micron, preferably situated in between 3 micron and 300 micron.
17. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least a part of the elevations of the elevated pattern layer is aligned in register with at least a part of at least one decor image formed by the decorative print layer, in particular at least one pattern defined by at least one decor image formed by the decorative print layer.
18. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the impressions are obtained by means of a pressing mould, such as a pressing plate and/or an embossing roll.
19. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least a part of the impressions of the second texture is aligned in register with at least a part of at least one decor image formed by the decorative print layer, in particular at least one pattern defined by at least one decor image formed by the decorative print layer.
20. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one impression has a depth of at least one 0.4 micrometre. 21. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one impression has a depth which exceeds the nominal thickness of the decorative top structure.
22. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the maximum depth of the second texture exceeds the maximum depth of the first texture, with respect to a top surface of the panel.
23. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one cover layer, preferably at least one wear layer, of the decorative top structure comprises the first texture.
24. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one cover layer, preferably at least one wear layer, of the decorative top structure comprises the second texture.
25. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one first cover layer, preferably at least one first wear layer, of the decorative top structure comprises the first texture, and wherein at least one second cover layer, preferably at least one second wear layer, of the decorative top structure the second texture.
26. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the decorative top structure comprises a plurality of wear layers, wherein one wear layer is formed by the base cover layer and wherein one other wear layer is formed by the textured cover layer, and at least one top coating, preferably an UV hardened top coating, covering said wear layers.
27. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least a part of the decorative layer is positioned below the first texture and the second texture.
28. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least a part of the decorative layer is positioned in between the first texture and the second texture.
29. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least a part of the decorative layer is deformed by the second texture.
30. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one first texture is positioned below at least one second texture.
31 . Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one first texture is positioned above at least one second texture.
32. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the panel comprises a top surface, wherein the first texture and the second texture define a relief of said top surface.
33. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein a backing layer is affixed to a lower side of the core.
34. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein a first panel edge comprises a first coupling profile, and a second panel edge, preferably opposite to the first panel edge, comprising a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction, wherein the first coupling profile and the second coupling profile are preferably configured such that two of such panels can be coupled to each other by means of a lowering movement.
35. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the panel comprises at least one third coupling profile and at least one fourth coupling profile located respectively at a third panel edge and a fourth panel edge, wherein the third coupling profile comprises:
• a sideward tongue extending in a direction substantially parallel to the upper side of the core, · at least one second downward flank lying at a distance from the sideward tongue, and
• a second downward groove formed between the sideward tongue and the second downward flank, wherein the fourth coupling profile comprises: · a third groove configured for accommodating at least a part of the sideward tongue of the third coupling profile of an adjacent panel, said third groove being defined by an upper lip and a lower lip, wherein said lower lip is provided with an upward locking element, wherein the third coupling profile and the fourth coupling profile are configured such that two of such panels can be coupled to each other by means of a turning
movement, wherein, in coupled condition: at least a part of the sideward tongue of a first panel is inserted into the third groove of an adjacent, second panel, and wherein at least a part of the upward locking element of said second panel is inserted into the second downward groove of said first panel.
36. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the core is substantially rigid.
37. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the core is at least partially foamed.
38. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the core comprises at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of: ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), polyurethane (PU), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Polyisocyanurate (PIR), or mixtures thereof.
39. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the core comprises at least one wood-based material.
40. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the core comprises at least one composite material of at least one polymeric material and at least one non-polymeric material.
41. Panel according to claim 40, wherein at least one non-polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of: talc, chalk, wood, calcium carbonate, and a mineral filler.
42. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the core comprises magnesium oxide and/or magnesium hydroxide.
43. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one second texture is an impressed second texture, wherein said impressed second texture is preferably located at at least one panel edge.
44. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one second texture defines a thinned section of the textured cover layer, which is preferably realized by material removal of said cover layer. 45. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the at one grout is formed by at least one exposed portion extending along a length of at least one edge, wherein said at least one exposed portion extends outwardly below and away from a top surface of the panel, and is at least partially defined by the decorative top structure, preferably partially defined by a sidewall of the textured cover layer.
46. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one grout and/or at least one bevel comprises a textured upper surface. 47. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein a portion of the core and/or a portion of the decorative top structure at and/or underneath at least one second texture has a higher density than an adjacent portion of the core and/or an adjacent portion of the decorative top structure, respectively. 48. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the base cover layer is a matte cover layer.
49. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the textured cover layer is a glossy cover layer.
50. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the base cover layer has a lower gloss level than the textured cover layer.
51. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the at least one bevel and/or at least one grout is coated, preferably by an opaque coating layer and/or by a coloured coating layer.
52. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the base cover layer is free of any first texture.
53. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one primer layer is situated in between the core layer and the decorative top structure.
54. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one primer layer is situated in between the decorative print layer and the base cover layer.
55. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the decorative top structure is an unfoamed top structure.
56. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the decorative print layer is a flat layer, being free of any first texture and second texture.
57. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein the at least one first texture is a digitally printed, negatively patterned first texture, preferably realized by printing a plurality of droplets on a still untextured textured cover layer, such that the thickness of the textured cover layer is changed on the positions where the droplets are printed onto to form indentations in the textured cover layer.
58. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one second texture is applied underneath the decorative top structure.
59. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein at least one first texture and at least one second texture overlap as seen from a top view of the panel.
60. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein a rear side of the panel, preferably a rear side of the core layer, is provided with an impressed pattern of cavities.
61. Panel according to one of the foregoing claims, wherein a rear side of the core is attached to at least one backing layer.
62. Decorative panel covering, in particular floor covering, ceiling covering, or wall covering, comprising a plurality of decorative panels, preferably mutually coupled decorative panels, according to any of the of the foregoing claims.
63. Panel covering according to claim 62, wherein the panel covering further comprises a plurality of other decorative panels, comprising: a core provided with an upper side and a lower side, a decorative top structure affixed, directly or indirectly, on said upper side of the core, said decorative top structure comprising:
• at least one digitally printed decorative print layer forming at least one decor image, and
• at least one substantially transparent or translucent cover layer covering said decorative print layer, wherein at least one layer of the decorative top structure comprises a digitally created first texture, or wherein the upper side of the core and/or at least one layer of the decorative top structure comprises a mechanically created second texture.
64. Panel covering according to claim 62 or 63, wherein each panel comprises at a first panel edge a first coupling profile, and at a second panel edge, preferably opposite to the first panel edge, a second coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said first coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction, wherein the first coupling profile and the second coupling profile are preferably configured such that two of such panels can be coupled to each other by means of a lowering movement, and wherein each panel comprises at a third panel edge a third coupling profile, and at a fourth panel edge, preferably opposite to the third panel edge, a fourth coupling profile being designed to engage interlockingly with said third coupling profile of an adjacent panel, both in horizontal direction and in vertical direction.