Extrusion product with decorative enhancement and process of making the same
AssigneeMarley Mouldings Inc.
InventorCarroll W. Cope
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Abstract
The present invention provides a prooess for forming by extrusion a profile of extrudable material having a hard skin surface on a portion of the profile and a decorative enhancement on another portion of the profile. The decorative enhancement is formed integrally with the profile by use of an embossment technique on the profile before the extrusion material sets and hardens. The profile may be used in applications such as picture frames as well as door, wall and window moldings.
Claims4
A method of forming a solid, elongated member of predetermined profile having a solid skin on a portion of the surface of said member and a decorative enhancement integrally formed on another portion of the surface of said member, comprising the steps of:
- compressing an extrudable foam material at a compression stage by passage through an orifice, said orifice having at one end thereof a predetermined profile;
- hardening a portion of the surface of said foam material during said compression stage to provide a solid skin;
- embossing a remaining portion of the surface of said profile following said compression stage to provide a decorative enhancement, said decorative enhancement being integrally formed in said foam material;
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- solidifying said foam material to form a solid, elongated member.
An extruded solid elongated member comprising:
- an extruded body of foam plastic including an upper surface and a lower surface;
- said extruded body having a hardened skin at a plurality of first locations along said upper surface, and
- said extruded body having an ornamentation pattern integrally formed with said extruded body, said ornamentation pattern formed at a plurality of second locations between said first locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.