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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Ruben Suare, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
R. Talley Goodson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Kirby V. Rea, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Raymond L. Goodson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ruben Suare, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
R. Talley Goodson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Kirby V. Rea, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Raymond L. Goodson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
3FORM, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Implementations of the present invention relate aesthetically pleasing, post-formable, reparable decorative architectural resin panels having a thin or brittle veneer layer, such as thinly sliced natural wood or stone. In particular, at least one implementation includes a flat or curved decorative resin panel made with a natural wood veneer layer whose structural integrity has been maintained despite being subject to various heats and pressures. The resulting resin panel is at least partially translucent, and allows for a unique display both of the resin sheets used to form the panel and of the thin wood materials encapsulated therein. Additional implementations relate to the use of other brittle veneer layers, such as translucent stone, translucent metals, or the like, which also provide unique, decorative architectural, aesthetic features.