Patent ID: 6309501
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A47B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making a beveled laminate corner on a laminate covered countertop element comprising:(a) providing a countertop element, including a substrate having a planer top surface and an edge surface which is normal to said top surface, said substrate having a predetermined length and width, and a sheet of laminate which is adhesively attached to said top surface;(b) making a first cut into said substrate proximate said vertical edge, said first cut having an upper extremity which is below said top surface, said first cut creating a first edge surface which is angled with respect to said top surface;(c) making a second cut through said sheet of laminate and into said substrate, said second cut intersecting said first cut at said upper extremity and being perpendicular to said first cut, said second cut having a predetermined depth, said second cut creating a second edge surface which is perpendicular to said first edge surface;(d) providing a rectangularly cross-sectioned laminate-covered bevel piece having a thickness equal to said predetermined depth; and(e) adhesively adhering said bevel piece to said first and second edge surfaces such that an edge of the laminate covering on said bevel piece abuts an edge of the laminate sheet on said top surface, forming the beveled laminate corner.