US 12,435,520 B2
Reinforced porcelain panel system and associated methods for enhanced structural protection
Roberto Contreras, Houston, TX (US); and Armin Thomas Deutsch, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Moderno Porcelain Works, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Moderno Porcelain Works, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/821,478.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/676,400, filed on Jul. 28, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/651,803, filed on May 24, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/643,778, filed on May 7, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/551,903, filed on Feb. 9, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/549,820, filed on Feb. 5, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/549,704, filed on Feb. 5, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/541,981, filed on Oct. 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0109596 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04F 13/14 (2006.01); E04F 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 13/0866 (2013.01) [E04F 13/142 (2013.01); E04F 13/144 (2013.01); E04F 13/147 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0107 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a reinforced porcelain panel product for renovations or new constructions, the method comprising:
applying an adhesive material to an upper surface of a structural core board, the structural core board including a foam-core material having the upper surface and a lower surface; and
abuttingly contacting the structural core board to a bottom surface of a porcelain slab with the adhesive material therebetween and such that regions of the upper surface of the structural core board substantially extend beyond outer peripheries of a first surface area of the porcelain slab to define buffer regions, thereby to allow the buffer regions to be visible when viewing the reinforced porcelain panel product from a front view of a top surface of the reinforced porcelain panel product and to enhance protection from cracking when the reinforced porcelain panel product is handled, the lower surface having a first surface plane substantially parallel to the top surface of the porcelain slab, the lower surface of the structural core board configured to attach to a mounting surface, and the structural core board having an overall thickness greater than an overall thickness of the porcelain slab.