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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard P. Welty, Boulder, CO (US);
Patrick A. Sullivan, Boulder, CO (US);
John Finch, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Vapor Technologies, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/00 ;
Abstract
An article having on at least a portion of its surface a multi-layer coating comprising (i) a polymeric base coat, a chrome adhesion promoting layer, a chromium compound layer, and a layer comprised of a metal compound or metal alloy compound; or (ii) a polymeric base coat, a chromium compound layer, and a layer comprised of a metal compound or metal alloy compound. The layers comprised of chrome, chromium compound and metal compound or metal alloy compound are deposited by vapor deposition, preferably physical vapor deposition.