Multilayer decorative laminate

Claim 1

A UNITARY, HEAT- AND PRESSURE-CONSOLIDATED LAMINATED ARTICLE WHICH COMPRISES A SUPERIMPOSED ASSEMBLY OF: (1) A RIGIDITY-IMPARTING BASE MEMBER, (2) A PRINT SHEET MEMBER, DIRECTLY BONDED TO SAID BASE MEMBER, COMPRISING A FIBROUS SHEET IMPREGNATED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE AND INFUSIBLE AMINOTRIAZINE-ALDEHYDE RESIN, AND (3) A CLEAR THERMOSET RESIN LAYER, DIRECTLY BONDED TO SAID PRINT SHEET MEMBER, COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE AND INFUSIBLE RESINOUS COMPOSITION WHICH IN ITS THERMOSETTING STATE, COMPRISES (A) A REACTIVE, WATER-INSOLUBLE EMULSION COPOLYMER OF (A) FROM ABOUT 50% TO ABOUT 98% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED HARDENING COMONOMER, (B) FROM ABOUT 2% TO ABOUT 20% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOFUNCTIONAL GROUP SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBOXYL, AMIDE AND HYDROXYL FUNCTIONS AND WHICH IS REACTIVE WITH N-HYDROXYMETHYL AND -ALKOXYMETHYL GROUPS, AND (C) FROM 0% TO ABOUT 45% BY WEIGHT OF A MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED SOFTENING COMONOMER, THE WEIGHTS OF SAID (A), (B) AND (C) EACH BEING BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF MONOMERS IN SAID COPOLYMER, AND (B) A PLASTICIZING QUANTITY OF FROM 10 TO 100% BY WEIGHT OF A HIGHLY ALKOXYMETHYLATED MELAMINE HAVING FROM ABOUT 5 TO 6 ALKOXYMETHYL GROUPS, SAID ALKOXYMETHYL GROUPS CONTAINING 2 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, INCLUSIVE, SAID ALKOXYMETHYLATED MELAMINE ALSO SERVING TO CROSSLINK SAID COPOLYMER.