Patent References 1672988 2168560 3123515 3372084 3730828 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/542311 filed on 01/20/1975US Classes:428/153, Paper162/128, Inorganic additive162/185, Part added to furnish or pulp162/188, Non-uniform internal structure428/325, Glass or ceramic (i.e., fired or glazed clay, cement, etc.) (porcelain, quartz, etc.)428/328, Heavy metal or aluminum or compound thereof428/330, Alkali metal or alkaline earth metal or compound thereof428/530, Paper428/531PhenoplastExaminersPrimary: Lesmes, George F.Assistant: Silverman, S. Attorney, Agent or FirmAbstractA colored decorative plastic laminate is made from a core layer and a superimposed decorative layer comprising: a fibrous material, coloring particles having a Moh's hardness of up to about 6 and an average particle size range of between about 53 to 210 microns, and thermoset resin; where the weight ratio of fiber material:coloring particles is from about 1:0.04 to 1:0.4 and the colored decorative layer is characterized in that the pigments are dispersed only through the bottom two-thirds of the colored layer and concentrated in the colored layer near the core-decorative layer interface, the top one-third of the colored layer containing substantially no pigment particles. | |