Patent ID: 8303751

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a fiber reinforced panel to include an integral vent screen, comprising: providing at least a first sheet of fiber; providing at least a second sheet of fiber; making holes in each of the first and second sheets that will register with each other when the sheets are stacked together; placing the first sheet in a mold, said mold having a floor mold surface on which the first sheet rests and a raised insert that rises from the mold surface and extends through the hole in the first sheet; providing an annular decorative trim ring and placing the trim ring about the insert on the mold prior to placing the first sheet into the mold; providing a sheet of screen material having openings therein and placing the sheet of screen material atop the first sheet and the insert; placing the second sheet atop the sheet of screen material with the hole in the second sheet registering with the hole in the first sheet; and curing a resin so that the first and second sheets are bonded together with the sheet of screen material bonded therebetween and exposed within registered holes of the first and second sheets to provide an integral vent screen and so that upon curing of the resin the trim ring is bonded to the first sheet to surround the hole in the first sheet.