Decorative architectural panels and method of producing same

Claim 1

A DECORATIVE ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURAL PANEL COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PREFORMED THERMOPLASTIC TRANSLUCENT CORE ELEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL OVERALL THICKNESS, SAID CORE ELEMENT HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF SPACED INDIVIDUAL POCKETS IN EACH OPPOSITE FACE THEREOF AND A LIKE NUMBER OF FLAT SURFACE PORTIONS ON EACH OPPOSITE FACE THEREOF, SAID SURFACE PORTIONS ON EACH OPPOSITE FACE OF THE CORE ELEMENT BEING IN THE SAME PLANE AND COLLECTIVELY FORMING ON EACH OPPOSITE FACE A SUBSTANTIAL FLAT SURFACE AREA FOR BONDING, A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUALLY PREFORMED VARIOUSLY COLORED THIN SHEET MATERIAL INSERTS ENGAGEABLE BODILY AND INTERCHANGEABLY WITHIN SELECTED POCKETS OF SAID CORE ELEMENT TO FORM A VARIABLE THREE DIMENSIONAL COLOR PATTERN IN SAID PANEL, SAID INSERTS SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRELY COVERING THE WALLS OF THE POCKETS INTO WHICH THEY ARE PLACED AND THEREBY CREATING THE ILLUSION OF A SOLID MATERIAL COLOR FILLER IN EACH POCKET, AND AT LEAST ONE FLAT TRANSLUCENT COVER SHEET BONDED TO ONE FACE OF THE CORE ELEMENT AND COVERING THE OPEN SIDES OF THE POCKETS HAVING SAID INSERTS THEREIN AND THEREBY RETAINING THE INSERTS IN SAID POCKETS.