Door skin, a method of etching a plate, and an etched plate formed therefrom
AssigneeMasonite Corporation
InventorsKarine A. LUETGERT, Mark E. RICHTER, William R. IMMELL, Stephen G. HUHN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a door skin comprising an exterior surface having outer portions lying on a first plane, spaced grooves recessed from the plane of the outer portions, and tonal portions having a planar area and a plurality of spaced depressions recessed from the plane of said planar area. The present invention is also directed to a method of etching a plate, for use with a molded die set, for embossing a wood grain pattern in the door skin, and the etched plate formed therefrom.
Claims22
1-26. (canceled)
An etched plate for forming a wood grain pattern into a composition material, comprising:
- an etched metal plate having lower portions lying on a first plane;
- spaced ticks extending from the plane of said lower portions;
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- tonal areas having a plurality of channels, said channels defining a plurality of spaced protrusions.
38-50. (canceled)
An etched plate having an inverse configuration to an exterior face of a molded door skin having outer portions lying on a first plane, spaced grooves recessed from the first plane of the outer portions to simulate an appearance of wood ticks, and tonal portions formed in the exterior surface and having a planar area and a plurality of spaced depressions recessed from the plane of the planar area for retaining stain and simulating an appearance of wood background tone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.