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US 11,498,298 B2Granted
Synthetic molded slabs, and systems and methods related thereto
AssigneeCambria Company LLC
InventorsJon Louis Grzeskowiak, II, Martin E. Davis
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Abstract
This document describes systems and processes for forming improved synthetic molded slabs suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).
Claims20
A processed slab formed from a plurality of particulate mineral mixes deposited into a mold, comprising:
- a slab width that is at least 2 feet, a slab length that extends perpendicular to the slab width and that is at least 6 feet, and a slab thickness that extends perpendicular to the slab width and the slab length, the slab length greater than the slab width, the slab width greater than the slab thickness;
- a set of slab veins exposed along both a front major surface of the slab and a rear major surface of the slab parallel with the front major surface of the slab, the set of slab veins defined by a plurality of deposited layers of particulate mineral mixes and comprising at least first, second, and third veins:
- the first vein defined by a first particulate mineral mix that extends across the slab length, the first vein having a first vein length that is greater than the slab width, the first vein bowed in a first direction toward a first long edge of the major surface and away from an opposing long edge of the major surface along at least a portion of the first vein length, the first particulate mineral mix including a quartz material, a pigment, and a binder, and;
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- the second vein defined by a second particulate mineral mix, the second particulate mineral mix different than the first particulate mineral mix and including a quartz material, a pigment, and a binder, the second vein extending across the entire slab length between opposing short edges of the major surface, the second vein having a second vein length that is greater than the slab width, the second vein bowed in the first direction toward the first long edge of the major surface and away from the opposing long edge of the major surface along at least a portion of the second vein length.
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A set of separately processed slabs formed from a plurality of particulate mineral mixes deposited into a mold, each respective slab of the set comprising:
- a slab width that is at least 2 feet, a slab length that extends perpendicular to the slab width and that is at least 6 feet, and a slab thickness that extends perpendicular to the slab width and the slab length, the slab length greater than the slab width;
- a set of slab veins exposed along both a front major surface of the slab and a rear major surface of the slab parallel with the front major surface of the slab, each of the slab veins arranged according to the same predefined sequence for each of the separately processed slabs, the front major surface and the rear major surface each flat and perpendicular to the slab thickness, the set of slab veins defined by a plurality of deposited layers of particulate mineral mixes and comprising at least first, second, and third veins:
- the first vein defined by a first particulate mineral mix that extends across the slab length, the first vein having a first vein length that is greater than the slab width, the first vein bowed in a first direction toward a first long edge of the major surface and away from an opposing long edge of the major surface along at least a portion of the first vein length, the first particulate mineral mix including a quartz material, a pigment, and a binder, and;
- the second vein defined by a second particulate mineral mix, the second particulate mineral mix different than the first particulate mineral mix and including a quartz material, a pigment, and a binder, the second vein extending across the entire slab length between opposing short edges of the major surface, the second vein having a second vein length that is greater than the slab width, the second vein bowed in the first direction toward the first long edge of the major surface and away from the opposing long edge of the major surface along at least a portion of the second vein length.
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