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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1996
John M Kiryanoff, Jenison, MI (US);
Michael A Hinshaw, Mocksville, NC (US);
Baker, Knapp & Tubbs, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of making a decorative veneer panel having the appearance of antique, solid, planked, hand-planed wood wherein one-eight inch veneer sheets are adhesively applied to opposite sides of a fiberboard panel, one of the veneer sheets being of high quality wood and preferably including a decorative veneer strip, cutting spaced, parallel, flat bottomed grooves in the sheet of high quality veneer to give the appearance of a plurality of separate boards, and hand planing the raised faces of the veneer sheet and the bottom surfaces of the grooves to achieve a wavy, textured look; and the product resulting from that method.