US 8,146,325 B2 · Door, deep draw molded door facing, and methods of forming door and facing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wood composite panel having a major planar portion, at least one panel portion, and an inwardly extending contoured portion surrounding the panel portion and interconnecting the major planar portion and the panel portion. The contoured portion defines an inter-relationship between a vector angle and a deep draw depth that achieve a satisfactory stretch factor. The present invention also relates to a door having the disclosed wood composite door facings, and methods of forming the facing and door.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A door, comprising:

a peripheral frame having first and second sides;
first and second wood composite door facings, each of said facings having a major planar surface having an exterior surface and an interior surface secured to said first and second sides, respectively, at least one panel portion, and an inwardly extending contoured portion surrounding said panel portion and interconnecting and integral with said major planar portion and said panel portion, said contoured portion having a vector angle and a draw depth that achieve a satisfactory stretch factor as shown in FIG. 6.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/792,813Filed 3 Jun 2010 · continuation

Priority

16 Jan 2004

Published

US 2010/0319298 A123 Dec 2010

Granted

3 Apr 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

B27N 5/00
Manufacture of non-flat articles
B27N 3/10
Moulding or pressing: moulding of mats
E06B 3/7001
Door leaves: coverings therefor; Door leaves imitating traditional raised panel doors, e.g. engraved or embossed surfaces, with trim strips…
E06B 3/74
Consisting of frame and panels , e.g. of raised panel type: with wooden panels or frame

Family

Application60/536,846Us provisional application · filed 16 Jan 2004

Application60/536,845Us provisional application · filed 16 Jan 2004

Application11/035,023Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Jan 2005

US 2010/0319298 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Dec 2010

US 7,765,768 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2005/0217206 A1Published application

US 8,146,325 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Door, deep draw molded door facing, and methods of forming door and facing

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Door, deep draw molded door facing, and methods of forming door and facing

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Abstract

Claims18