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US 9,820,574 B2Granted
Artificial panel, a method for manufacturing same and furniture articles therefrom
AssigneeKeter Plastic Ltd.
InventorEfraim Haimoff
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Abstract
A molded panel resembling a natural wickerwork panel, a furniture article comprising such a panel and a method for its manufacture, the panel comprising a plurality of warp strands and a plurality of weft strands interlacing the warp strands, such that at locations where warp and weft strands intersect they form together an integrated, solid molded material location.
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A monolithic, polymeric molded panel resembling a natural wickerwork panel, said panel comprising:
- a plurality of polymeric warp strands;
- and
- a plurality of polymeric weft strands interlacing said plurality of polymeric warp strands to form the monolithic, polymeric molded panel, at locations where the polymeric warp strands and the polymeric weft strands intersect, said polymeric warp strands and said polymeric weft strands form together an integrated, solid molded material location,
- wherein undulating neighboring polymeric weft strands give rise to a vertical gap extending from both sides of each polymeric warp strand between a maximal space adjacent said point of intersection of each polymeric warp strand and zeroing at locations where the neighboring polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect each other, and
- a plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect with one another at an intersection point extending along a line parallel to the polymeric warp strands, wherein at said intersection point said plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands is moldingly articulated to one another forming together an integrated, solid molded material location,
- wherein each solid molded material location is continuous and free from partition lines.
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A monolithic, polymeric, framed molded panel resembling a natural wickerwork panel, comprising:
- a polymeric frame;
- and
- a polymeric molded panel integrally molded with the polymeric frame to form said monolithic, polymeric, framed molded panel, the polymeric molded panel comprising
- a plurality of polymeric warp strands;
- and a plurality of polymeric weft strands interlacing said plurality of polymeric warp strands to form the polymeric molded panel, at locations where said polymeric warp strands and said polymer weft strands intersect, said polymeric warp strands and said polymeric weft strands form together an integrated, solid molded material location,
- wherein undulating neighboring polymeric weft strands give rise to a vertical gap extending from both sides of each polymeric warp strand between a maximal space adjacent said point of intersection of each polymeric warp strand and zeroing at locations where the neighboring polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect each other, and
- a plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect with one another at an intersection point extending along a line parallel to the polymeric warp strands, wherein at said intersection point said plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands is moldingly articulated to one another forming together an integrated, solid molded material location,
- wherein each solid molded material location is continuous and free from partition lines.
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A monolithic, polymeric molded furniture item, comprising:
- at least two polymeric panel portions each resembling a natural wickerwork panel, together forming said monolithic, polymeric molded furniture item each of said polymeric panel portions comprising
- a plurality of polymeric warp strands and a plurality of polymeric weft strands interlacing said plurality of polymeric warp strands, said plurality of polymeric weft strands and said plurality of polymeric warp strands form each of said at least two polymeric panel portions, wherein at locations where polymeric warp and polymeric weft strands intersect they form together an integrated, solid molded material location,
- wherein undulating neighboring polymeric weft strands give rise to a vertical gap extending from both sides of each polymeric warp strand between a maximal space adjacent said point of intersection of each polymeric warp strand and zeroing at locations where the neighboring polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect each other, and
- a plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect with one another at an intersection point extending along a line parallel to the polymeric warp strands, wherein at said intersection point said plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands is moldingly articulated to one another forming together an integrated, solid molded material location,
- wherein each solid molded material location is continuous and free from partition lines.
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A monolithic, polymeric injection molded panel resembling a natural wickerwork panel, said panel comprising:
- a plurality of polymeric warp strands;
- and
- a plurality of polymeric weft strands interlacing said polymeric warp strands, adjacent polymeric weft strands interconnect at points of intersection therebetween, and said plurality of undulating polymeric weft strands together with said plurality of polymeric warp strands form said monolithic, polymeric molded panel,
- wherein at locations where said polymeric warp strands and said polymeric weft strands intersect, said polymeric warp strands and said polymeric weft strands form together an integrated, solid molded material location, and undulating neighboring polymeric weft strands give rise to a vertical gap extending from both sides of each polymeric warp strand between a maximal space adjacent said point of intersection of each polymeric warp strand and zeroing at locations where the neighboring polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect each other, and
- a plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands tangentially intersect with one another at an intersection point extending along a line parallel to the polymeric warp strands, wherein at said intersection point said plurality of alternatingly undulating polymeric weft strands is moldingly articulated to one another forming together an integrated, solid molded material location.
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