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US 2003/0205012 A1Published application
Embossed-in-register panel system
AssigneeFaus Group, Inc.
InventorEugenio Cruz Garcia
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Abstract
Laminated materials having decorative motifs and surface textures that are mechanically embossed-in-registration, and that include locking mechanisms. Those locking mechanisms are located such that they enable formation of embossed-in-register laminate systems in which the embossed-in-registration continues across connecting joints.
Claims22
An embossed-in-registration laminate system, comprising:
- a first board having a first embossed-in-register motif and a first locking part;
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- a second board having a second embossed-in-register motif and a second locking part;
- wherein said first and second boards are arranged together such that said first and second locking parts securely join said first and second boards together.
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An embossed-in-registration laminate system comprising:
- a first embossed-in-registration laminate having a first locking part;
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- a second embossed-in-registration laminate having a second locking part;
- wherein said first and second embossed-in-registration laminates have motifs selected from a group consisting of a ceramic tile motif and a wood grain motif;
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- wherein said first and second embossed-in-registration laminates are arranged so that said first locking part and said second locking part are locked together to form the embossed-in-registered board system.
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An embossed-in-registration laminate system comprising:
- a plurality of embossed-in-registration laminates, each having a ceramic tile motif and a plurality of locking mechanisms;
- wherein said plurality of embossed-in-registration laminates lock together using said plurality of locking mechanisms to form an embossed-in-registration laminate system;
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- wherein said embossed-in-registration laminate system includes:
- intraboard grout lines having a width W;
- a vertical edge grout line, having a width Wv, that is comprised of a top grout line of a first embossed-in-registration laminate of said plurality of embossed-in-registration laminates and of a bottom edge grout line of a second embossed-in-registration laminate of said plurality of embossed-in-registration laminates;
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- a horizontal edge grout line, having a width Wh, that is comprised of a right grout line of a third embossed-in-registration laminate of said plurality of embossed-in-registration laminates and of a left edge grout line of a fourth embossed-in-registration laminate of said plurality of embossed-in-registration laminates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.