Interchangeable drawer cover for furniture
OwnerJeanne Ciaponiinventor
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Abstract
An interchangeable drawer cover for furniture includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, where the substrate comprises a first material. The drawer cover also includes a first decorative layer overlaying the first surface of the substrate, and a second decorative layer overlaying the second surface of the substrate, where the first and second decorative layers comprise a second material. In addition, the substrate, the first decorative layer, and the second decorative layer are sized and shaped to fit over a front of a drawer of the furniture.
Claims6
An interchangeable drawer cover for furniture to be installed on a drawer using drawer pulls, the cover comprising:
- a substrate comprising polymeric foam and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the substrate comprising a first material;
- a first decorative layer overlaying the first surface of the substrate, the first decorative layer comprising a second material;
- a second decorative layer overlaying the second surface of the substrate, the second decorative layer comprising the second material;
- a plurality of apertures adjacent to each other and aligned parallel to a top edge of the drawer cover with each aperture configured to accommodate a drawer pull;
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- horizontal and vertical perforations passing through the first decorative layer, substrate, and second decorative layer and the horizontal and vertical perforations spaced inward from respective edges of the interchangeable drawer cover to form strips and can be torn free from the cover;
- wherein the substrate and the first and second decorative layers are sized and shaped to fit over a front of drawer of the furniture.
A method of fabricating an interchangeable drawer cover, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate comprising polymeric foam and having a first surface and a second surface;
- adhering a first decorative layer over the first surface of the substrate, the first decorative layer comprising a second material;
- adhering a second decorative layer over the second surface of the substrate, the second decorative layer comprising the second material;
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- forming a plurality of apertures in the drawer cover aligned parallel to a top edge of the drawer cover with each aperture configured to accommodate a drawer pull;
- forming horizontal and vertical perforations passing through the first decorative layer, substrate, and second decorative layer, the horizontal and vertical perforations are spaced inward from respective edges of the interchangeable drawer cover that form strips that can be torn free from the cover;
- wherein the substrate and the first and second decorative layers are sized and shaped to fit over a front of drawer of the furniture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.