Compound injection molded high pressure laminate flooring
AssigneePremark RWP Holdings, Inc.
InventorThomas J. Nelson
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a decorative laminate panel, wherein the decorative laminate panel includes a decorative laminate layer and a core. The method is achieved by forming a decorative laminate of a predetermined size, placing the decorative laminate within a die cavity, injection molding the core within the die cavity while the decorative laminate remains within the die cavity to form a decorative laminate panel and releasing the formed decorative laminate panel from the die cavity. The invention further relates to a decorative laminate panel manufactured in accordance with the method defined above and a unitary edge profile member adapted for use in the fabrication of a compound injection molded decorative laminate panel.
Claims14
A method for fabricating a substantially planar, decorative laminate flooring panel, wherein the decorative laminate flooring panel includes a decorative laminate layer composed of a decorative laminate wear surface, a core, and an edge profile shaped and dimensioned for interlocking engagement with other flooring panels, the method comprising the following steps:
- forming a decorative laminate wear surface of a predetermined size;
- placing the decorative laminate wear surface within a die cavity;
- the die cavity being shaped and dimensioned for creating an interlocking edge profile along the outer periphery of the resulting flooring panel;
- injection molding the core within the die cavity while the decorative laminate wear surface remains within the die cavity to form a decorative laminate flooring panel including a decorative laminate wear surface, a core, and an edge profile shaped and dimensioned for interlocking engagement with other flooring panels;
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- releasing the formed decorative laminate flooring panel from the die cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.