Patent ID: 8298044

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an inlaid stone composite trim having a plurality of stone layers, said method comprising the steps of: (a) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a first stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from an edge surface of the first stone layer to define a groove base that extends along the edge surface; (b) adhering a second stone layer to the first stone layer by inserting the second stone layer within the groove, with the second stone layer presenting a second edge surface positioned adjacent the first edge surface, step (b) including the step of applying adhesive between the first and second stone layers, with the first and second stone layers cooperatively forming an inlaid margin that extends laterally between the edge surfaces and the groove base; (c) cutting longitudinally through the first and second stone layers of the inlaid margin to separate an inlaid margin strip from a remainder of the inlaid margin, with the inlaid margin strip including at least part of the first and second stone layers and presenting the edge surfaces; (d) forming a longitudinally extending groove in a third stone layer, with the groove extending inwardly from a third edge surface of the third stone layer to define another groove base that extends along the third edge surface; and (e) securing the inlaid margin strip to the third stone layer to form an elongated passage defined between the inlaid margin strip and the another groove base.