(19)
(11) EP 0 169 061 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.06.1987 Bulletin 1987/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.01.1986 Bulletin 1986/04

(21) Application number: 85305094

(22) Date of filing: 17.07.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR IT

(30) Priority: 17.07.1984 JP 10783184
09.11.1984 JP 17076084
04.03.1985 JP 3047185

(71) Applicants:
  • INAX CORPORATION
     ()
  • JAPAN ALPHA CORPORATION
     ()

(72) Inventors:
  • Iesaka, Takashi
     ()
  • Wada, Takaaki
     ()
  • Ohta, Ikumi
     ()
  • Izumi, Masayuki
     ()

   


(54) Decorative panel comprising replaceable decorative sheets


(57) A novel decorative panel (1) comprises rigid decorative sheets (2) replaceably installed on a structural support (9) such as frame works, substrate boards or walls. Such decorative sheets (2) can be readily installed or replaced by the use of removable fixing means (6) such as screws. The decorative sheet is characterized by cutouts (3) at the corners thereof and depressions (4) adjacent to the cutouts. When four decorative sheets are assembled together, the assembled corners of the sheets form a cut-out hole (5) where a fixing means (6) is inserted and a depression around the hole where the head of the fixing means is recessed. By utilizing the heads of fixing means, a variety of decorative accessories or articles can be further set on the decorative panel by means of pins, hooks, rods or magnet pieces.






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