Patent ID: 8778114

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a shaped counter top edge comprising: heating a sheet laminate to an elevated temperature; bending the sheet laminate to a formed laminate; applying adhesive to at least one of the formed laminate or a substrate comprising a substrate upper face, a substrate lower face, and a substrate shaped edge positioned between the substrate upper face and the substrate lower face; positioning the formed laminate proximate to the substrate upper face, the substrate lower face, and the substrate shaped edge; clamping the formed laminate to the substrate upper face, the substrate lower face, and the substrate shaped edge of the substrate with a clamping press assembly until the adhesive cures to form a substrate/laminate assembly from the formed laminate and the substrate, wherein the clamping press assembly comprises: a bonding press comprising: a clamping insert comprising a bonding press mold groove; and a reinforcement member coupled to the clamping insert, the reinforcement member comprising a web portion, a first flange portion extending from the web portion, and a second flange portion extending from the web portion, the first and second flange resist deformation of the clamping insert in a direction that tends to open the bonding press mold groove; and a bonding fixture comprising at least one force application member coupled to a support frame, the force application member selectively applying a clamping force to the reinforcement member of the bonding press; and cutting a portion of the substrate/laminate assembly to form the shaped counter top edge.