Patent ID: 9610759
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,B44C,B44F,E04F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of forming a composite product with a skin having a surface effect, the method comprising: providing a substrate including a substantially open-celled foam material; providing a sheet comprising curable material; providing a surface material in particulate form; associating the particulate surface material with the sheet comprising curable material; associating the sheet comprising curable material associated with the particulate surface material with the substrate having a substantially open-celled foam; and pressing the sheet comprising curable material associated with the particulate surface material and the substrate with a press such that during the pressing the sheet comprising curable material cures and becomes bonded to the substrate and the particulate surface material becomes at least partially embedded in an exposed surface of the sheet comprising curable material.