Patents by Inventor Claude Menard

Claude Menard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Process for producing colored decorative panels based on exfoliated rock particles
    Patent number: 5145627
    Abstract: A process and a plant for manufacturing decorative panels or slabs of granular or particulate mineral material bound by a binder are provided in which at least one bottom or base layer comprising an intimate mixture of said material and said binder is continuously formed and at least one upper decorative layer constituted by the same materials but in which the binder is colored is continuously applied to the base layer followed by pre-compression, diversion into slabs, pressing and baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Efisol
    Inventors: Roland Berion, Mile D. Garnier, Claude Menard