Abstract: A heat and pressure consolidated embossing assembly, for use in making decorative laminates, consists of an embossing sheet, having a thickness of between about 0.025 inch to 0.250 inch, disposed between two fibrous exterior layers impregnated with a resinous material, where the thickness ratio of each fibrous exterior layer:embossing sheet is from about 1:2.5 to 1:12.

Abstract: A snow ski is made by superimposing a protective assembly of polyacrylate sheets on a flexible core of a ski body having a bonded base surface and sidewall surfaces and then bonding the polyacrylate sheets to the ski core forming a top protective ski surface, the protective assembly being consolidated at a temperature and pressure effective to stress relieve the polyacrylate sheets.

Abstract: A highly machinable, shapeable decorative laminate is made from a non-abrasive base core consisting of a plurality of sheets, each sheet consisting essentially of cotton linter fibers in paper form containing a curd phenolic resin, the core having superimposed thereon a print sheet impregnated with a cured thermoset resin.

Abstract: High yield resin saturable papers containing total lignin, based on paper weight, in amounts from about 8 up to 15 percent are employed as core stock for high pressure decorative melamine laminates. At least 65 percent of the fibers should be hardwood fibers. Up to 35 percent of softwood fibers may be present but then the softwood lignin, based on paper weight, should not be greater than about 2.8 percent.

Abstract: A 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.

Abstract: A patterned, decorative laminate is made by: (1) preparing a core layer, comprising a plurality of fibrous sheets impregnated with a resinous material, (2) placing on top of the core, at least one unfilled kraft paper barrier sheet, impregnated with at least 30 weight percent of an aminotriazine-aldehyde, urea-aldehyde, thiourea-aldehyde or unsaturated polyester resin, (3) placing on top of the impregnated barrier sheet, an unfilled protective sheet, impregnated with an aminotriazine-aldehyde, urea-aldehyde, thiourea-aldehyde or unsaturated polyester resin; the protective sheet having a design printed on the bottom surface facing the barrier sheet, the design covered with colored pigmented material, and (4) heat and pressure consolidating the sheets into a unitary, bonded laminate.

Abstract: A snow ski is made by superimposing a protective assembly of polyacrylate sheets on a flexible core of a ski body having a bonded base surface and sidewall surfaces and then bounding the polyacrylate sheets to the ski core forming a top protective ski surface, the protective assembly being consolidated at a temperature and pressure effective to stress relieve the polyacrylate sheets.

Abstract: High yield resin saturable papers containing total lignin, based on paper weight, in amounts from about 8 up to 15 percent are employed as core stock for high pressure decorative melamine laminates. At least 65 percent of the fibers should be hardwood fibers. Up to 35 percent of softwood fibers may be present but then the softwood lignin, based on paper weight, should not be greater than about 2.8 percent.