Patent ID: 8563118

Claim:
A door facing blank, comprising: a central portion; first and second side portions adjacent to and integral with opposite sides of the central portion; an exterior major surface comprising exterior surface regions corresponding to the central portion and the first and second side portions; an interior major surface opposite to the exterior surface and comprising interior surface regions corresponding to the central portion and the first and second side portions, the interior surface regions of the first and second side portions comprising first and second stile-receiving areas that are substantially planar for securely receiving door stiles; and a design element comprising a molded portion and an embossed portion, the molded portion molded in the central portion but not the first side portion to establish a first groove portion in the exterior surface region of the central portion and a corresponding protrusion on the interior surface region of the central portion, the embossed portion embossed in the first side portion to establish a second groove portion in the exterior surface region of the first side portion opposite to the first stile-receiving area but no corresponding protrusion on the first stile-receiving area, the first and second groove portions situated continuous with one another to establish a continuous groove in the exterior major surface.