Laminates and method of manufacturing laminates with layers of non-uniform thickness
AssigneeRoarockit Skateboard Company
InventorEdward Garnet Hunter
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Abstract
A laminate comprising at least one substantially continuous layer of non-uniform thickness and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. In one embodiment, a veneer sheet is placed on top of a one-sided sanding mold having a contoured upper surface and passed through a thickness sander until the desired thickness of the pattern on the veneer is achieved. Each veneer layer of the laminate may be shaped in this manner. A plurality of contoured veneers are then laminated using methods known in the art, the result of which is a strong laminate that is composed of substantially continuous veneers of non-uniform thickness.
Claims17
A laminate assembled from:
- a plurality of layers, each layer being substantially continuous and extending over an entire area of the laminate, each layer of the plurality of layers comprising a thickness profile, the thickness profile comprising at least one interior area of non-uniform thickness;
- at least one layer of the plurality of layers being in substantially continuous contact with two adjacent layers of the plurality of layers;
- the thickness profiles of each of at least two layers of the plurality of layers being substantially similar;
- the at least one interior area of non-uniform thickness of at least two layers of the plurality of layers corresponding to provide an additive effect in the laminate such that a surface of the laminate is contoured;
- each layer of the plurality of layers comprising wood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.