Patent ID: 9737924
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A47B,B21B,B21H,B44B,B44C,Y10T

Claim:
1. An exterior décor panel for a home appliance, the exterior décor panel comprising: a metal sheet having a rear surface and a front surface opposite the rear surface, the metal sheet comprising: wherein the successive recesses are formed by applying a force to the rear surface, thereby transferring the force to the front surface to form the successive protrusions, wherein each of the recesses has an angular shaped cross section and each of the protrusions has a convex curve shape, wherein a maximum depth of the recesses at the rear surface is less than the thickness of the metal sheet and greater than a maximum height of the protrusions at the front surface, and wherein the second width of each protrusion is greater than the first width of each recess.