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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Thomas J. Nelson, Belton, TX (US);
Thomas J. Nelson, Belton, TX (US);
Premark RWP Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a decorative laminate panel, wherein the decorative laminate panel includes a decorative laminate layer and a core. The method is achieved by forming a decorative laminate of a predetermined size, placing the decorative laminate within a die cavity, injection molding the core within the die cavity while the decorative laminate remains within the die cavity to form a decorative laminate panel and releasing the formed decorative laminate panel from the die cavity. The invention further relates to a decorative laminate panel manufactured in accordance with the method defined above and a unitary edge profile member adapted for use in the fabrication of a compound injection molded decorative laminate panel.