Embossed plywood panel and process

Claim 1

A PANEL HAVING WOOD FORMING ONE SURFACE OF THE PANEL WHERE SUCH WOOD IS OF A VARIETY HAVING NO DISTINCT GRAINING, SAID PANEL HAVING AN EMBOSSED AND THUS TACTILE PATTERN OF PRONOUNCED RIDGES AND VALLEYS EXTENDING OVER SAID SURFACE DIFFERENT FROM AND THUS OVERRIDING ANY PATTERN RESULTING FROM THE INDISTINCT GRAINING OF THE WOOD AND THE REGIONS OF DENSE AND LESS DENSE WOOD FORMING SUCH GRAINING, SAID TACTILE PATTERN COMPRISING VALLEYS OF VARIABLE DEPTH AND WIDTH, AND INTERVENING RIDGES, DISTRIBUTED OVER THE PANEL SURFACE, WHICH SIMULATE IN THREE DIMENSIONS A PRONOUNCED AND ATTRACTIVE WOOD GRAINING, AND VARIED CONCENTRATIONS OF PIGMENTING MATERIAL DISTRIBUTED OVER SAID SURFACE, WITH GREATEST CONCENTRATIONS IN SAID VALLEYS AND LEAST CONCENTRATIONS ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGES AND VALLEYS OF SLIGHT DEPTH, SAID CONCENTRATIONS IN SAID VALLEYS ALL RESIDING AT LEVELS SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE TOP OF THE RIDGES AND SAID CONCENTRATIONS BEING GRADUATED ACCORDING TO VALLEY DEPTH, WITH GREATEST CONCENTRATIONS AND THUS GREATEST COLORATION IN VALLEYS OF GREATEST DEPTH, SAID CONCENTRATIONS PRODUCING A VISUAL PATTERN OVER SAID PANEL SURFACE WHICH BECAUSE OF SUCH DISTRIBUTION OF PIGMENTING MATERIAL CONCENTRATIONS COMPLEMENTS THROUGH A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEPTHS OF THE VALLEYS THE TACTILE GRAIN PATTERN FORMED BY SAID RIDGES AND VALLEYS.