Patent ID: 6896971

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a laminate product, said method comprising: coating a first surface of a sheet of kraft paper with a melamine resin, said melamine resin penetrating a first portion of said kraft paper and enabling said coated kraft paper sheet to counteract force resulting from a sheet of laminate material to be included in said laminate product; coating a second surface of said kraft paper sheet with phenolic resin, said phenolic resin penetrating a second portion of said kraft paper sheet; forming a backer laminate comprising said kraft paper sheet; forming a decorative laminate comprising said sheet of laminate material; and forming said laminate product, said forming of said laminate product comprising: coupling said decorative laminate to a first surface of a substrate; and coupling said backer laminate to a second surface of said substrate such that said kraft paper sheet is an outermost layer of said laminate product.