Artificial panel, a method for manufacturing same and furniture articles therefrom
AssigneeKeter Plastic Ltd.
InventorEfraim Haimoff
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Abstract
A molded panel resembling a natural wickerwork panel, a furniture article comprising such a panel and a method for its manufacture, the panel comprising a plurality of warp strands and a plurality of weft strands interlacing the warp strands, such that at locations where warp and weft strands intersect they form together an integrated, solid molded material location.
Claims20
A molded panel resembling a natural wickerwork panel, said panel comprising a plurality of warp strands and a plurality of weft strands interlacing said warp strands, wherein at locations where warp and weft strands intersect they form together an integrated, solid molded material location.
A mold for manufacturing a molded panel or a furniture article fitted with a panel according to the present invention comprising a second mold member and a bottom mold member, each formed with an array of grooves which compliment each other and form together warp and weft-like channels, allowing molted polymer material to flow into the channels to give rise to desired wicker strands, and further comprising blade-like elements mutually projecting from edges of the grooves of the of second mold member and the bottom mold member, so as to create fine gaps between at least several neighboring warp and weft wicker strands.
A molded furniture item comprising at least a panel portion resembling a natural wickerwork panel, said panel comprising a plurality of warp strands and a plurality of weft strands interlacing said warp strands, wherein at locations where warp and well strands intersect they form together an integrated, solid molded material location.
A method for molding of panels which panels resemble a natural wickerwork panel, the method comprising the following steps:
- (a) obtaining a comprising a second mold member and a bottom mold member, each formed with an array of grooves which compliment each other and form together warp and weft-like channels, and further comprising blade-like elements mutually projecting from edges of the grooves of the of second mold member and the bottom mold member, so as to create fine gaps between at least several neighboring warp and weft wicker strands;
- at least one molten material in-flow port;
- and fixation mechanism for fixedly securing the mold members at an assembled position;
- (b) applying molten material into the channels through the in-flow port;
- (c) allowing the molded panel to cool;
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- (d) removing the molded panel from the mold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.