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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Masonite Corporation, Tampa, FL (US);
Jason M. Walsh, Batavia, IL (US);
Mark A. Ruggie, Kingston, IL (US);
Steven K. Lynch, St. Charles, IL (US);
Robert C. Allen, Elburn, IL (US);
Masonite Corporation, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
A method is provided of making a door facing blank that includes a central portion, first and second side portions adjacent to and integral with opposite sides of the central portion, opposite interior and exterior surfaces, and a design element including a molded portion and an embossed portion. The side portions include stile-receiving areas that are substantially planar. The molded portion is molded in the central portion to establish a first groove in the exterior surface of the central portion and a protrusion on the interior surface of the central portion. The embossed portion is embossed in the first side portion to establish a second groove in the exterior surface of the first side portion but no protrusion on the interior surface of the first side portion. The first and second grooves are continuous.