Door skin, method of etching plate for forming wood grain pattern in door skin, and etched plate formed therefrom
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorsKarine Luetgert, Christ Henry Melonio
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a door skin having an exterior surface with an woodgrain pattern formed therein, and an etched plate for use as an embossing plate or with a molded die set, for forming the woodgrain pattern in the door skin. The exterior surface has outer portions lying on a first plane, spaced grooves recessed from the plane of the outer portions, and halftone portions. The halftone portions have spaced protrusions defined by channels, wherein the channels are recessed from the plane of the outer portions.
Claims20
A stained molded door skin, comprising a molded component having a stained exterior surface comprising stiles, rails and panels with molded grooves and molded halftone portions stained with a stain;
- the molded grooves configured with variable depths and lengths with respect to one another and variably spaced with respect to one another to collectively simulate an appearance of a naturally appearing wood grain tick pattern;
- the molded halftone portions retaining a sufficient amount of the stain to simulate an appearance of a darkened naturally appearing wood grain background tone.
A door selected from an interior passage door or an exterior passage door, the door comprising:
- a frame having opposite first and second sides;
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- a first stained molded door skin sized as an interior or exterior passage door skin, the first stained molded door skin secured to the first side of the frame and comprising a first molded component having a first stained exterior surface comprising first stiles, first rails and first panels with molded first grooves and molded first halftone portions stained with a stain;
- the molded first grooves configured with variable depths and lengths with respect to one another and variably spaced with respect to one another to collectively simulate an appearance of a first naturally appearing wood grain tick pattern;
- the molded first halftone portions retaining a sufficient amount of the stain to simulate an appearance of a first darkened naturally appearing wood grain background tone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.