Patent ID: 9348065
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B32B,B44F,G02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A decorative, translucent thermoplastic structure formed to have the appearance of a unitary color diffused throughout its composition, the structure comprising: a transparent resin substrate having opposing front and back surfaces separated by a thickness of 0.236 inches to 1 inch, wherein the front or back surface comprises a bonding surface having a first surface roughness, the thickness defining a distance of opposing side wall surfaces that are perpendicular to the opposing front and back surfaces; a translucent colored film layer that has a bonding surface with a second surface roughness that is different from the first surface roughness, wherein the bonding surface of the colored film layer has been fused to and intermixed with the bonding surface of the resin substrate; and a highly uniform texture applied to each surface of the thermoplastic structure; wherein: