Building panels having simulated wood grain and methods of making the same
AssigneeFerriot Inc.
InventorsCraig C. Ferriot, Dale H. Leopold
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Abstract
Building panels and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of injection molding a building panel includes co-mingling a first material and a second material in a molten material, where the second material includes a color that contrasts with the first material. The method also includes injecting the molten material into a cavity of an injection mold, modifying a flow front of the molten material as the molten material flows in the cavity, and cooling the molten material to form a solidified building panel.
Claims19
A building panel, comprising:
- an exposed exterior facing portion comprising:
- a simulated wood grain comprising a plurality of peaks and valleys that are proximate to one another;
- a top lock extending outwardly from a top portion of the exposed exterior facing portion, wherein the top portion circumscribes the top lock;
- and
- a plurality of color variation comprising streaks of lighter color portion and darker color portion, wherein each of the color variations are transverse to a set of adjacent peaks and valleys;
- wherein a first streak of the lighter color portion is aligned within a band extending along the exterior facing portion and having a thickness not more than five times a thickness of the light color portion or the darker color portion, whichever is less.
A building panel, comprising:
- an exposed exterior facing portion comprising a plurality of color variations comprising streaks of lighter color portion and darker color portion,
- wherein each of the color variations are oriented such that at least some of the streaks of lighter color portion and the darker color portion extend along the exposed exterior facing portion between a top portion and a bottom portion of the building panel to visually simulate natural wood, and
- a top lock extending outwardly from the top portion, wherein the top portion circumscribes the top lock,
- wherein a first streak of the lighter color portion is aligned within a band extending along the exterior facing portion and having a thickness not more than five times a thickness of the light color portion or the darker color portion, whichever is less.
A building panel, comprising:
- a front, a back, a top and a bottom, and two opposing sides;
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- an exterior facing portion positioned along the front, the exterior facing portion including a textured surface simulating wood grain of a co-mingled first material and a second material, the second material comprising a color that contrasts with the first material, wherein the simulated wood grain includes a plurality of color variations comprising streaks of lighter color portion corresponding to the first material and darker color portion corresponding to the second material,
- wherein a first streak of the lighter color portion is aligned within a band extending along the exterior facing portion and having a thickness not more than five times a thickness of the light color portion or the darker color portion, whichever is less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.