Patent ID: 7776412

Claim:
A decorative architectural panel product comprising a plurality of decorative objects suspended in a cured resin that was poured in a substantially horizontal manner between opposing sheets, the product having been prepared from a method comprising: placing on a first resin or glass sheet a plurality of spacers on each peripheral edge of the resin or glass sheet; placing a plurality of decorative objects between each peripheral edge of the first resin or glass sheet, wherein the plurality of spacers surround the plurality of decorative objects, and decorative objects of the plurality of decorative objects extend a first distance from the first resin or glass sheet in a direction generally perpendicular to the first resin or glass sheet; registering a second resin or glass sheet about the first resin or glass sheet, wherein the plurality of spacers support the second glass sheet, and the second resin or glass sheet is separated from the first resin or glass sheet by a second distance equal to the height of the plurality of spacers, and the second distance is greater than the first distance; positioning blocking means between each of the plurality of spacers on an outside peripheral edge defined by the registered first and second resin or glass sheets, wherein each outside peripheral edge is covered by the blocking means and the plurality of spacers are uncovered by the blocking means; and pouring a curable resin between the first and second resin or glass sheets, wherein the plurality of decorative objects remain substantially-fixed in position on the first resin or glass sheet; determining that an initial cure time of the poured resin has occurred, wherein the poured resin has gelled; and removing each of the plurality of spacers from between the blocking means, wherein the blocking means remain in place, and a corresponding plurality of resin cavities are formed in the gelled resin.