Jessica S Atkinson

US Patent:

20080199648, Aug 21, 2008

Filed:

Feb 21, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/708765

Inventors:

Jessica S. Atkinson - Wilmington NC, US

International Classification:

B27M 1/00

US Classification:

428 50, 144351

Abstract:

Decorative wooden laminated panels are made from barrel staves previously forming parts of barrels used to age wine and other alcoholic beverages, each stave having inner and outer segments, with the inner segment being different in appearance from the outer due to penetration of alcoholic beverage components. The sides of said staves are first trimmed so that the sides are straight and parallel, and the staves are then cut into a plurality of strips. The strips are then formed into a panel with the inner surface of each strip being adjacent the outer surface of an adjacent strip, providing a decorative pattern of alternating contrasting stripes.