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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2023
Applicant:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Inventors:
Kathryn L. Clouse, Howards Grove, WI (US);
Mark Schibur, Sheboygan, WI (US);
John O. Lipinski, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/0013 (2013.01); B29C 45/0055 (2013.01); B29C 45/04 (2013.01); B29C 45/14778 (2013.01); B29C 2791/004 (2013.01); B29K 2903/06 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0008 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a molded solid surface includes mixing ferrous particles into a resinous material, injecting the resinous material including the ferrous particles into a mold, the mold including an upper mold half and a lower mold half, creating a predetermined pattern in the resinous material by applying a force to the ferrous particles in the resinous material toward a surface of the upper mold half or the lower mold half using one or more magnets, and curing the resinous material in the mold into the molded solid surface.