Decorative Room Panel
AssigneeAmerican Metal Ceiling Panel Manufacturer
InventorGary Shapiro
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Abstract
A decorative panel is manufactured for installation on a surface of a room. The decorative panel is formed from a material that can be shaped having a decorative portion, two female mounting portions and two male portions. The female portions have punched holes for fastening the panels directly to a surface, and the male portions of an adjacent panel are positioned into the female portions to partially hold the adjacent panel and to obscure from view the punched holes and fastening hardware. The panel design and installation method allows the decorative panels to be attached directly to a building material such as sheet rock without any intervening supporting structure.
Claims8
A method for forming a decorative panel, comprising:
- a) punching holes near an edge of a first two adjacent sides of a flat and square metal sheet;
- b) cutting off corners of said sheet at an angle extending between adjacent edges;
- c) forming a pattern of a decorative panel into a front and back surface of said sheet;
- d) partially forming female flanges on said first two adjacent sides of said sheet into a “V” like shape;
- e) forming male flanges on a second two adjacent sides of said sheet;
- f) cutting away a joining area between said female flanges;
- g) folding a portion of said female flanges under said back surface with said portion containing said holes exposed from under the back surface;
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- h) coating said exposed surfaces and heat drying.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.