Patents by Inventor Etienne M. Meriaux

Etienne M. Meriaux 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).

  • Method for making decorative resin-wood composites and the resultant product
    Patent number: 4686251
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of decorative panels. The process for production according to the invention is characterized in that:an epoxy resin which is liquid and polymerizing at ambient temperature in the presence of a polymerization reagent having the least reactive character at the same temperature,fragments and/or pieces of wood previously heated to a homogeneous temperature higher than the peak temperature of exothermia of polymerization of the resin-reagent mixture,are used. The invention is more particularly applicable to the manufacture of decorative trays for tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme: Boxy Industries
    Inventors: Michel E. Ostermann, Etienne M. Meriaux