Decorative cabinet enclosure and method for production thereof
AssigneeHighwood USA, LLC
InventorJohn Quarmley
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Abstract
A panelized system and method providing an infinite number of authentic, aesthetic, and tactile options for producing decorative cabinet enclosures for hot tubs is based on the use of high-resolution digital printing on plastic sheets, post-forming said sheets, and molding structural elements on such sheets for assembly of enclosures for hot tubs.
Claims10
An article of manufacture comprising a plastic panel on which is printed an aesthetic pattern, which pattern has a thermoformed tactile dimension, and onto which are molded at least one plastic structural element to facilitate assembly of a decorative cabinet.
A method of production of a decorative cabinet comprised of the steps of:
- choosing an aesthetic pattern for such decorative cabinet;
- printing the chosen aesthetic pattern on plastic sheets;
- thermoforming a tactile dimension on such printed plastic sheets;
- molding plastic structural elements onto such thermoformed plastic sheets;
- and assembling said decorative cabinet from such thermoformed plastic sheets using such molded structural elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.