Patent ID: 7143561

Claim:
A veneered panel element comprising: a first stile having a veneered core, a groove along an elongated inner edge, and edge banding along an elongated outer edge opposite the inner edge; a second stile having a veneered core, a groove along an elongated inner edge, and edge banding along an elongated outer edge opposite the inner edge; a first rail having a veneered core and a groove along an elongated inner edge, the first rail having a first cope at a first end and a second cope at a second end, the first rail disposed between the first and second stiles, wherein the first cope of the first rail is joined to the groove of the first stile adjacent a first end of the first stile, and wherein the second cope of the first rail is joined to the groove of the second stile adjacent a first end of the second stile; a second rail having a veneered core and a first groove along an elongated inner edge, the second rail having a first cope at a first end and a second cope at a second end, the second rail disposed between the first and second stiles, wherein the first cope of the second rail is joined to the groove of the first stile, and wherein the second cope of the second rail is joined to the groove of the second stile; a first center panel having a veneered core, the first center panel having outer edges disposed within the grooves of the first stile and the first rail; and a first continuous edge band disposed on the first end of the first stile, on an outer edge of the first rail and on the first end of the second stile, wherein the first edge band is disposed across a first joint formed between the first stile and the first rail, and across a second joint formed between the second stile and the first rail.