US 12,134,932 B2Granted

Cabinet door assembly and manufacturing thereof

AssigneeDecore-Ative Specialties, Inc.

InventorJack Laurence Albright

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Abstract

A cabinet door having a first member with a first recess disposed along a top side of the center panel between a first stile and a second stile, a second recess disposed along a bottom side of the center panel between the first stile and the second stile, and a first veneer having a longitudinally extending grain pattern; a second member with a second veneer having a longitudinally extending grain pattern, and a first rabbet; and a third member with a third veneer having a longitudinally extending grain pattern; and a second rabbet; where the second member fits into the first recess, the third member fits into the second recess, and the longitudinally extending grain pattern of the second veneer is parallel to the longitudinally extending grain pattern of the third veneer and perpendicular to the longitudinally extending grain pattern of the first veneer.

Claims23

Dependent claims

A cabinet door assembly comprising:

a first member, wherein a front side of the first member comprises a center panel, a first stile, a second stile, a first step-shaped recess, and a second step-shaped recess, wherein a rear side of the first member is opposite the front side of the first member, wherein the first stile extends longitudinally along a left side of the first member from a top side of the first member to a bottom side of the first member, wherein the second stile extends longitudinally along a right side of the first member from the top side of the first member to the bottom side of the first member, wherein the first step-shaped recess is open to the front side of the first member and the top side of the first member, and wherein the second step-shaped recess is open to the front side of the first member and the bottom side of the first member;
a second member, wherein the second member is configured to be placed on the center panel of the first member, wherein the first step-shaped recess and second step-shaped recess have no veneer upon them and the second member is fitted into the first step-shaped recess and the second step-shaped recess such that an entire surface of the second member is in direct contact with an entire surface of the first step-shaped recess and the second step-shaped recess;
a first rail configured to fit into the first step-shaped recess;
and
a second rail configured to fit into the second step-shaped recess.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/200,637Filed 12 Mar 2021 · continuation
Priority: 15 Dec 2015
Published: US 2021/0198940 A11 Jul 2021
Granted: 5 Nov 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

E06B 3/7001
Door leaves: coverings therefor; Door leaves imitating traditional raised panel doors, e.g. engraved or embossed surfaces, with trim strips…
B32B 3/06
Characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions: for securing layers together; for attaching the product to another…
B32B 3/08
Characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions: characterised by added members at particular parts
B32B 3/14
Characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. formed of separate pieces of material: characterised by a face layer formed of separate pieces of…

Family

Application14/970,424Parent of this division · filed 15 Dec 2015
Application15/820,027Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Nov 2017
US 9,845,637 B1Parent of this division · filed 19 Dec 2017
US 2021/0198940 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Jul 2021
US 10,975,614 B1Parent of this continuation
Application15/820,027Parent of this division
US 12,134,932 B2This patent

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