Artificial panel, a method for manufacturing same and furniture articles therefrom

A method for molding of panels which panels resemble a natural wickerwork panel, the method comprising:

• applying, in a single step of injection-molding, molten material into a mold, the mold comprising a top mold member and a bottom mold member, each of the top mold member and the bottom mold member formed with an array of grooves that complement each other and form together warp-shaped channels and undulating weft-shaped channels, the mold further comprising blade-like elements mutually projecting from edges of the grooves of the of top mold member and the bottom mold member, the blade elements being configured so as to create fine gaps between at least several neighboring warp wicker and undulating weft wicker strands such that the gaps form a continuous path extending between the undulating weft wicker strands, the path being parallel to the warp wicker strands, such that the formed gaps are broader adjacent the warp wicker strands and narrow towards intersection of neighboring weft wicker strands;
• at least one molten material in-flow port, the mold additionally comprising a fixation mechanism for fixedly securing the mold members at an assembled position;
• molten polymeric material being applied to the mold through the in-flow port;
• allowing the molded panel to cool;
• and
• removing the molded panel from the mold.