Patent ID: 8545651

Claim:
The method of forming an integral and stabilized wicker panel comprising: a) providing a flexible synthetic resinous wicker extending generally in a first plane; b) providing a relatively stiff backer sheet having a side, bonding said wicker to said side intermittently in a second plane, generally parallel with the first plane; c) wherein said backer sheet is configured to provide intermittent support to the wicker, allowing wicker adjustment positioning between locations of said intermittent support; d) wherein said bonding method further includes the steps: i) applying adhesive to a surface of said backer sheet; ii) applying said wicker to said surface of the backer sheet so that adhesive on the backer sheet contacts crests formed by the wicker; iii) and exerting pressure on the wicker directed toward the backer sheet to enhance adhesive attachment of flattened crests to the backer sheet to form said integral and stabilized wicker panel, while allowing the wicker to become stiffened and rigidized as the adhesive cures; e) said wicker defining crests that face toward the backer sheet, the adhesive concentrated at surfaces defined by the crests, and the crest surfaces being flattened at adhesive concentration locations; f) wherein said wicker and said backer sheet consist of thermoplastic material, and have a non-planar configuration formed after heating thereof; g) and wherein said wicker and said backer sheet form said integral and stabilized wicker panel in the form of a laminated composite having a selected pattern severed edge portion, defined by a wicker edge portion bonded to a backer sheet edge portion blocking unraveling of the wicker at an edge of the composite.