Patent ID: 11865860
Assignee: AFGA NV
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing a personalized or customized decorative surface having decorative laminate panels comprising the steps of:
a) applying a staggered array to a digital image of the personalized or customized decorative surface segmenting it into a plurality of decorative laminate panel images sized to fit on the decorative laminate panels;
b) assigning to each decorative laminate panel image a positioning code for identifying its position in the digital image of the personalized or customized decorative surface;
c) collecting the decorative panel images and making non-staggered digital layouts of the plurality of decorative panel images that fit on a substrate when inkjet printed;
d) inkjet printing the non-staggered digital layouts together with the corresponding position code digital layouts on a substrate;
e) forming from the inkjet printed non-staggered digital layout and the corresponding position code digital layout a decorative layer, respectively, a balancing layer;
f) heat pressing a decorative laminate board from an assembly having, in order, a protective layer, a decorative layer, a core layer, and a balancing layer; and
g) dividing the decorative laminate board into decorative laminate panels.