Patent ID: 7579063

Claim:
A generally rectangular bendable plywood panel including, a facing veneer construct having a decorative veneer face side with a longitudinally oriented grain structure, and a backing veneer construct adhered to a back side of the facing veneer construct, the backing veneer construct including, a first rotary-cut veneer layer having a grain structure orientation substantially transverse to the grain structure orientation of the face side, a second rotary-cut veneer layer having a grain structure orientation substantially transverse to the grain structure orientation of the face side, each of the first and second rotary-cut veneer layers being bendable in a direction generally transverse to their respective grain structure orientations, a flexible mesh layer interposed between said first rotary-cut veneer layer and said second rotary-cut veneer layers, and an adhesive interspersed in said mesh layer and securing said first rotary-cut layer and said second rotary-cut layer relative to each other, and wherein said facing veneer construct has a thickness selected at less than about 2.1 mm wherein bending of the first and second rotary-cut veneer layers effects bending of the facing veneer construct in the direction of the grain structure orientation of the face side.