Reinforced porcelain panel product for enhanced structural protection

A reinforced porcelain panel product for renovations or new construction, the reinforced porcelain panel product comprising:

• a porcelain slab having a top surface with a first surface area opposite a bottom surface;
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• a structural core board having a thickness greater than the porcelain slab, a Young's modulus value lower than the porcelain slab, and also having a top surface opposite a bottom surface, the top surface of the structural core board having a second surface area greater than the first surface area of the porcelain slab and positioned in abutting contact with the bottom surface of the porcelain slab with adhesive material therebetween such that regions of the top surface of the structural core board extend beyond outer peripheries of the first surface area of the porcelain slab to define a buffer region, thereby to allow the buffer region to be visible when viewing the reinforced porcelain panel product from a front view of the reinforced porcelain panel product and to enhance an impact resistance of at least a 30% greater than porcelain having a thickness of 6 mm or higher from cracking or chipping when the reinforced porcelain panel product is handled, the bottom surface of the structural core board to be attached to a mounting surface when installed, and the buffer region including a first pair of peripheral opposite side portions positioned substantially parallel with each other and a second pair of opposite side portions connected to and extending transverse to the first pair of peripheral opposite side portions also positioned substantially parallel to each other.