Mobile home skirting side panel
OwnerEarl L. Unruhinventor
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Abstract
A skirting side panel for mobile homes and the like is formed of a sheet of fused polystyrene beads and a coating of water based paint on one surface thereof. The sheet is molded with a plurality of raised portions on one surface providing a masonry appearance, such as mortared slump stone. Opposite side edges of the sheet have spaced projecting portions which interlink with corresponding edges of adjacent sheets to form a continuous skirt. Moreover, the polystyrene beads define cavity interstices on the masonry surface simulating the surface cavitations normally found on masonry blocks.
Claims1
A process for forming a skirting panel having a surface configuration simulating masonry blocks comprising the steps of:
- providing a mold for said panel having a mold surface including a plurality of generally rectangular cavities complementary to masonry blocks;
- filling said mold with expandable beads of polystyrene;
- and applying heat to said beads to fuse the same together and form said panel with a density of between about 1 and 2 pounds per cubic foot, whereby cavity interstices are formed between fused beads at said surface configuration which simulate the surface cavitations on masonry blocks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.