Reusable countertop mold
US10946560B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29L2031/441
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A reusable countertop mold in accordance with the present invention includes at least one mold sheet, but generally a plurality of mold sheets are required to extend about a predetermined portion of a periphery of a floor mounted cabinet. The mold sheet is dimensioned and configured to ultimately form a countertop having a predetermined configuration with predetermined dimensions. The mold sheet includes a relatively thin base portion and a wall portion perpendicular to the base portion. The reusable countertop mold further includes a plurality of fastener recesses in an inner side portion of the base portion, the recesses ultimately allowing fasteners to pass through a countertop substrate and into the floor mounted cabinet, after the base portion has been inserted between the countertop substrate and the cabinet. After a countertop forming material has hardened upon the countertop substrate and the mold sheet, the base portion of the mold sheet is slidably removed from between the countertop substrate and the cabinet, thereby allowing the reusable countertop mold to be reused for another countertop forming project.
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