Abstract 1. A DECORATIVE LAMINATE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FIBROUS CORE SHEETS AND A FIBROUS DECORATIVE SHEET WHICH ARE IMPREGNATED WITH A THERMOSET RESIN AND WHICH HAVE BEEN HEAT AND PRESSURE CONSOLIDATED INTO A UNITARY STRUCTURE, SAID LAMINATE HAVING COATED ON AT LEAST ONE OF ITS BROAD SURFACES WHEREAT POSTFORMING IS TO BE EFFECTED, A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY THICKNESS COATING CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIN-RESISTANT, SLIP-RESISTANT, NONEXTENSIBLE DRY ADHESIVE MATERIAL WHICH RETARDS LAMINATE SURFACE STRETCH DURING DEFORMING, HAS A REINFORCING LAYER EMBEDDED THEREIN AND IS READILY REMOVABLE FROM SAID SURFACE, WHEREIN SAID COATING COVERS SAID LAMINATE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM EDGE TO EDGE IN AT LEAST ONE DIRECTION, SAID LAMINATE BEING CAPABLE OF BEING POSTFORMED THROUGH A RADIUS OF BETWEEN ABOUT 0'''' AND 1'''' IN THE AREA OF SAID COATING WITHOUT DISPLAYING ANY SIGN OF CRAZING OR CRACKING UPON REMOVAL OF SAID COATING THEREFROM.
A DECORATIVE LAMINATE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FIBROUS CORE SHEETS AND A FIBROUS DECORATIVE SHEET WHICH ARE IMPREGNATED WITH A THERMOSET RESIN AND WHICH HAVE BEEN HEAT AND PRESSURE CONSOLIDATED INTO A UNITARY STRUCTURE, SAID LAMINATE HAVING COATED ON AT LEAST ONE OF ITS BROAD SURFACES WHEREAT POSTFORMING IS TO BE EFFECTED, A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY THICKNESS COATING CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIN-RESISTANT, SLIP-RESISTANT, NONEXTENSIBLE DRY ADHESIVE MATERIAL WHICH RETARDS LAMINATE SURFACE STRETCH DURING DEFORMING, HAS A REINFORCING LAYER EMBEDDED THEREIN AND IS READILY REMOVABLE FROM SAID SURFACE, WHEREIN SAID COATING COVERS SAID LAMINATE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM EDGE TO EDGE IN AT LEAST ONE DIRECTION, SAID LAMINATE BEING CAPABLE OF BEING POSTFORMED THROUGH A RADIUS OF BETWEEN ABOUT 0'''' AND 1'''' IN THE AREA OF SAID COATING WITHOUT DISPLAYING ANY SIGN OF CRAZING OR CRACKING UPON REMOVAL OF SAID COATING THEREFROM.
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A DECORATIVE LAMINATE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FIBROUS CORE SHEETS AND A FIBROUS DECORATIVE SHEET WHICH ARE IMPREGNATED WITH A THERMOSET RESIN AND WHICH HAVE BEEN HEAT AND PRESSURE CONSOLIDATED INTO A UNITARY STRUCTURE, SAID LAMINATE HAVING COATED ON AT LEAST ONE OF ITS BROAD SURFACES WHEREAT POSTFORMING IS TO BE EFFECTED, A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY THICKNESS COATING CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIN-RESISTANT, SLIP-RESISTANT, NONEXTENSIBLE DRY ADHESIVE MATERIAL WHICH RETARDS LAMINATE SURFACE STRETCH DURING DEFORMING, HAS A REINFORCING LAYER EMBEDDED THEREIN AND IS READILY REMOVABLE FROM SAID SURFACE, WHEREIN SAID COATING COVERS SAID LAMINATE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM EDGE TO EDGE IN AT LEAST ONE DIRECTION, SAID LAMINATE BEING CAPABLE OF BEING POSTFORMED THROUGH A RADIUS OF BETWEEN ABOUT 0'''' AND 1'''' IN THE AREA OF SAID COATING WITHOUT DISPLAYING ANY SIGN OF CRAZING OR CRACKING UPON REMOVAL OF SAID COATING THEREFROM.