Patent ID: 8545651
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: B29C,B29L,B32B,E04F

Abstract:
1. The method of forming an integral and stabilized wicker panel comprising: a) providing a flexible synthetic resinous wicker extending generally in a first plane; b) providing a relatively stiff backer sheet having a side, bonding said wicker to said side intermittently in a second plane, generally parallel with the first plane; c) wherein said backer sheet is configured to provide intermittent support to the wicker, allowing wicker adjustment positioning between locations of said intermittent support; d) wherein said bonding method further includes the steps: e) said wicker defining crests that face toward the backer sheet, the adhesive concentrated at surfaces defined by the crests, and the crest surfaces being flattened at adhesive concentration locations; f) wherein said wicker and said backer sheet consist of thermoplastic material, and have a non-planar configuration formed after heating thereof; g) and wherein said wicker and said backer sheet form said integral and stabilized wicker panel in the form of a laminated composite having a selected pattern severed edge portion, defined by a wicker edge portion bonded to a backer sheet edge portion blocking unraveling of the wicker at an edge of the composite.