Patterned metallized film and method for making same
CA 2016538 C · Owner: American Decal & Manufacturing Company · Inventors: Murphy, James J.
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A patterned metallized film comprises a transparent or translucent polymeric film coated on one side with a thin coating of metal, with the metal coating and the polymeric film being bonded to each other. The metal coating has a multiplicity of fractures of different sizes distributed throughout the coating in a prescribed pattern so that the reflection of light by the fractured metal coating produces a three-dimensional illusion of the pattern when viewed through said polymeric film. The film may also include a layer of adhesive on the opposite side of the metal coating from the polymeric film, and a paper backing sheet on the opposite side of the adhesive layer from the metal coating. The …
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- Filed May 11, 1990 and granted January 18, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 11, 2010.
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