Distressed flooring

Abstract

A distressed board. The distressed board may include grooves randomly positioned on a surface of the distressed board, the grooves having a radius greater than about 5 inches. The ratio of the surface scraped area of the distressed board that has been scraped compared to a surface board area that is available to be scraped may be greater than 1:1. The grooves may be randomly positioned with respect to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board, the grooves being applied at an angle of greater than about +/−5 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board.

1 . A distressed board comprising:
 grooves randomly positioned on a surface of the distressed board, the grooves having a radius greater than about  5  inches;   the ratio of the surface scraped area of the distressed board that has been scraped compared to a surface board area that is available to be scraped is greater than 1:1; and   wherein at least two grooves intersect creating a cumulative scrape depth at the intersection that exceeds the depth of each groove outside of the intersection.   
     
     
         2 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the grooves are randomly positioned with respect to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board, the grooves being applied at an angle of greater than about +/−5 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board. 
     
     
         3 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the surface board area that remains unscraped is greater than about 5 percent. 
     
     
         4 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 1 , wherein each groove is substantially linear and has a scraped length of greater than about 11 inches. 
     
     
         5 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 1 , wherein each intersected groove has a scraped length of less than about 16 inches. 
     
     
         6 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 1 , wherein each groove has a depth of between about 0.005 inches to about 0.025 inches. 
     
     
         7 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 1 , wherein each groove has a width of between about 0.5 inches to about 1.5 inches. 
     
     
         8 . A distressed board comprising:
 grooves randomly positioned on a surface of the distressed board, the grooves having a radius greater than about 5 inches;   the grooves are randomly positioned with respect to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board, the grooves extend at an angle of greater than about +/−5 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board; and   wherein at least two grooves intersect creating a cumulative scrape depth at the intersection that exceeds the depth of each groove outside of the intersection.   
     
     
         9 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the surface board area that remains unscraped is greater than about 5 percent. 
     
     
         10 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 8 , wherein each groove is substantially linear and has a scraped length of greater than about 11 inches. 
     
     
         11 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 8 , wherein each intersected groove has a scraped length of less than about 16 inches. 
     
     
         12 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 8 , wherein each groove has a depth of between about 0.005 inches to about 0.025 inches. 
     
     
         13 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 8 , wherein each groove has a width of between about 0.5 inches to about 1.5 inches. 
     
     
         14 . A distressed board comprising:
 grooves randomly positioned on a surface of the distressed board with respect to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board, the grooves extend at an angle of greater than about +/−5 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board;   the ratio of the surface scraped area of the distressed board that has been scraped compared to a surface board area that is available to be scraped is greater than 1:1; and wherein at least two grooves intersect creating a cumulative scrape depth at the intersection that exceeds the depth of each groove outside of the intersection.   
     
     
         15 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the ratio of the surface scraped area of the distressed board that has been scraped compared to a surface board area that is available to be scraped is greater than 1.5:1. 
     
     
         16 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the ratio of the surface scraped area of the distressed board that has been scraped compared to a surface board area that is available to be scraped is greater than 2:1. 
     
     
         17 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the grooves extend at an angle of less than about +/−25 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the distressed board. 
     
     
         18 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 14 , wherein the grooves have a radius greater than about 5 inches. 
     
     
         19 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 18 , wherein the grooves have a radius less than about 25 inches. 
     
     
         20 . The distressed board as recited in  claim 14 , wherein each groove is substantially linear and has a scraped length of about 11 inches to about 16 inches.