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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Paul D. Bobb, Jamestown, NC (US);
Mike Washburn, Trinity, NC (US);
Brian K. Moore, Thomasville, NC (US);
Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., Thomasville, NC (US);
Abstract
A process for creating a distressed surface for an article of furniture, and an article of furniture incorporating a distresses surface. The process includes the steps of selecting at least one piece of material having at least one planar surface and opposed side edges, mechanically forming grooves along at least one of the opposed side edges of the piece of material, and adjoining multiple pieces of material so formed to create a surface of an article of furniture that has a distressed appearance. The article of furniture includes a surface having a distresses appearance that is adhered to a substrate to create the face of the article of furniture.