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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Lacks Enterprises, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Michael LaVallee, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Lee Chase, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Lacks Enterprises, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A floating metallized element assembly and method of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. The floating metallized element assembly includes a work piece of a plateable resin and a non-plateable resin including a front side and a back side. The work piece includes at least one plated decorative region on the plateable resin at the front side. The work piece also includes at least one network of the plateable resin at the back side. The work piece additionally includes a plurality of discrete current paths of the plateable resin extending from the at least one network to the at least one plated decorative region. The work piece also includes at least one non-plated decorative region of the non-plateable resin adjacent the at least one decorative region. Metal surfaces are adhered to and disposed on the at least one plated decorative region.