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US 2018/0035802 A1Published application
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.
Claims3
A method for molding of panels which panels resemble a natural wickerwork panel, the method comprising:
- applying molten material into a mold, the mold comprising a top mold member and a bottom mold member, each of the top mold member and the bottom mold member formed with an array of grooves that complement each other and form together warp-like channels and weft-like channels, the mold further comprising blade-like elements mutually projecting from edges of the grooves of the of top 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, the mold additionally comprising a fixation mechanism for fixedly securing the mold members at an assembled position;
- molten polymeric material being applied to the mold through the in-flow port;
- allowing the molded panel to cool;
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- removing the molded panel from the mold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.