Veneer panels and method of making

A method of forming a veneer panel for a wall comprising the steps of:

• providing a rectangular blank formed of a fibrous material for a base layer of said panel;
• mounting a resin impregnated sheet over said base layer having a plurality of longitudinal parallel lines to simulate a plurality of parallel adjoining rows of wooden planks;
• and
• cutting at least one end of said rectangular blank including said sheet across the entire thickness to form a staggered end portion for each simulated row with the length of each end portion being substantially different from the lengths of adjoining end portions to form slots between alternate end portions for varying the length of the simulated rows.

A method of forming a floor covering of a plurality of interfitting veneer panels comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of rectangular blanks formed of a fibrous wood material for said panels;
• mounting a resin impregnated sheet over each blank having a plurality of longitudinally extending parallel lines to simulate a plurality of parallel adjoining rows of wooden planks;
• cutting at least one end of each rectangular blank including said sheet across its entire thickness to form a staggered end portion for each of said simulated rows with the length of each end portion being substantially different from the lengths of adjoining end portions to form slots between alternate end portions for varying the lengths of the simulated rows;
• and
• positioning said panels in an interfitting relation with end portions of adjacent panels mating and interfitting to form continuous simulated rows for the floor covering.

A method of forming a veneer panel for a wall comprising the steps of:

• providing a rectangular blank formed of fibrous wood material for a base layer of said panel;
• mounting an outer thin veneer layer over said base layer;
• forming said outer thin veneer layer with a plurality of longitudinal parallel grooves to simulate a plurality of parallel adjoining rows of wooden planks in said veneer layer;
• and
• cutting at least one end of said rectangular blank including said veneer layer across the width and the entire thickness of said blank to form a staggered end portion for each simulated row with the length of each end portion being substantially different from the lengths of adjoining end portions to form slots between alternate end portions for varying the length of the simulated rows.

A method of forming a wall covering of a plurality of one piece interfitting veneer panels comprising the steps of:

• providing a plurality of one piece rectangular blanks formed of fibrous wood material for said panels;
• mounting an outer thin veneer layer over each blank;
• forming each thin veneer layer with a plurality of longitudinally extending simulated wooden planks to simulate a plurality of parallel adjoining rows of wooden planks in said veneer layer;
• cutting the opposed ends of each rectangular blank including said veneer layer across its width and entire thickness to form staggered end portions for both ends of each of said simulated rows with the length of each end portion being substantially different from the lengths of adjoining end portions to form slots between alternate end portions for varying the lengths of the simulated rows;
• and
• positioning said panels in an interfitting relation with end portions of adjacent panels mating and interfitting to form continuous simulated rows for the wall covering.