Patent ID: 6479128
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B27N,B29K,B44C,B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
An embossed, decorative, man-made embossed article having an embossed surface portion containing at least about 80% by weight cellulosic fibers and sufficient binder to adhere the cellulosic fibers together into a structurally sound article having a specific gravity in the range of 0.96 to 1.08, a surface of said article having a pattern of embossed ticks stained to visually distinguish the embossed ticks from surrounding surface portions of said article, said embossed ticks formed in elongated bundles to replicate a wood grain pattern, said embossed ticks and said bundles of ticks satisfying the following criteria:(a) at least 90% of said embossed ticks, in bundles of three or more adjacent ticks, are spaced at least 0.016 inch; (b) at least 90% of said embossed ticks are embossed a depth in the range of 0.003 inch to 0.007 inch; and (c) at least 90% of the embossed tick bundles are separated by tick-free spans on the surface of the article, at the widest measurement of tick-free area between tick bundles, in the range of 0.050 to 0.280 inch.