Patent ID: 7371441

Claim:
An artificial stone wall panel comprising: an artificial stone having a surface exhibiting an asperity having a depth of from 10 mm to 100 mm, said artificial stone having a composition of (i) an inorganic fine powder component having a size of from 9.5 mm to 180 μm, with at least 5% weight of said inorganic fine powder component being a transparent inorganic component, (ii) an inorganic finely divided component having a size of less than 180 μm, and (iii) a resin component in an amount of from 7% to 30% total weight of said composition, with a ratio of weight of said inorganic fine powder component to weight of said inorganic finely divided component being in a range of from 1:1 to 5:1, and with said composition having a cure shrinkage factor of at most 0.3% and a density in a range of from 2.0 g/cm 3 to 2.8 g/cm 3 after curing; and a support, for installing said artificial stone onto a wall surface, embedded within said artificial stone, said support being embedded at a volume ratio of at most 80% and at a depth of at most 80% of a total thickness of said artificial stone such that part of said support is exposed at a back surface or an edge surface of said artificial stone.