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US 10,730,205 B2Granted
Mold
AssigneeRsi Home Products Management, Inc.
InventorsDamian J. Le Duff, Manuel Alvarez
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Abstract
The improved mold assembly for cultured marble molding is provided. The mold assembly can comprise a male mold portion and a female mold portion. The assembly can further comprise a molding tool. The molding tool can have a side wall having an upper curved portion and a lower curved portion. The molding tool can have a bowl portion and an apron portion spaced from the bowl portion by a gap. The molding tool can be constructed from a flexible and/or soft material. The molding tool can facilitate molding of a countertop having at least one seamless curved edge and/or an at least partially seamless sink portion.
Claims16
A mold assembly for cultured marble molding comprising:
- a mold frame assembly having a male mold portion and a female mold portion configured to removably mate with the male mold portion, the mold frame assembly defining a mold interior when the male mold portion is mated with the female mold portion;
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- a flexible insert configured to fit within the mold interior, the flexible insert having:
- a bowl portion having a product surface and a mold engaging surface configured to releasably mate with a bowl protrusion on the male mold portion;
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- an apron portion integral with the bowl portion, the apron portion having a product surface separated from the product surface of the bowl portion by a gap, the apron portion configured to fit within an apron cavity of the female mold portion, wherein the product surface of the apron portion is concave and curved in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- wherein the mold frame assembly and the flexible insert define a product mold volume when the male mold portion is mated with the female mold portion and the bowl portion is mated with the bowl protrusion, the product mold volume defining a product bowl space at least partially defined by the bowl portion and the apron portion.
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A mold assembly for cultured marble molding comprising:
- a mold frame assembly having a male mold portion and a female mold portion configured to removably mate with a bowl protrusion on the male mold portion at least partially on a mating plane, the mold frame assembly defining a mold interior when the male mold portion is mated with the female mold portion;
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- a flexible insert configured to fit within the mold interior, the flexible insert having:
- a main body portion defining a bowl portion and having an outer perimeter;
- at least one sidewall extending from the outer perimeter of the main body portion, the at least one sidewall having an upper curved portion and a lower curved portion, both the upper curved portion and the lower curved portion curved toward the main body portion from a vertical plane perpendicular to the mating plane;
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- an apron portion separated from the bowl portion by a gap, wherein the apron portion is concave and curved in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- wherein the mold frame assembly and the flexible insert define a product mold volume when the male mold portion is mated with the female mold portion and the bowl portion is mated with the bowl protrusion, the product mold volume having at least one side portion having an upper curved portion and a lower curved portion, the at least one side portion of the product mold volume being seamless along and between the upper curved portion and the lower curved portion of the at least one side portion.
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A mold assembly for cultured marble molding comprising:
- a mold frame assembly having a male mold portion and a female mold portion configured to removably mate with the male mold portion, the mold frame assembly defining a mold interior when the male mold portion is mated with the female mold portion;
- and
- a flexible insert configured to fit within the mold interior, the flexible insert having:
- a bowl portion configured to releasably mate with a bowl protrusion on the male mold portion;
- and
- an apron portion separated from the bowl portion by a gap, wherein the apron portion is curved in a first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- wherein the mold frame assembly and the flexible insert define a product mold volume when the male mold portion is mated with the female mold portion and the bowl portion is mated with the bowl protrusion, the product mold volume defining a product bowl space at least partially defined by the bowl portion and the apron portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.