Fine textured single piece one panel molded profile
US6479128B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24479
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An embossed, decorative, man-made embossed article having an embossed surface portion containing at least about 80% by weight cellulosic fibers and sufficient binder to adhere the cellulosic fibers together into a structurally sound article having a specific gravity in the range of 0.96 to 1.08, a surface of said article having a pattern of embossed ticks stained to visually distinguish the embossed ticks from surrounding surface portions of said article, said embossed ticks formed in elongated bundles to replicate a wood grain pattern, said embossed ticks and said bundles of ticks satisfying the following criteria:(a) at least 90% of said embossed ticks, in bundles of three or more adjacent ticks, are spaced at least 0.016 inch;(b) at least 90% of said embossed ticks are embossed a depth in the range of 0.003 inch to 0.007 inch; and(c) at least 90% of the embossed tick bundles are separated by tick-free spans on the surface of the article, at the widest measurement of tick-free area between tick bundles, in the range of 0.050 to 0.280 inch.
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