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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Applicant:
Bryce R. Anton, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventor:
Bryce R. Anton, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Vapor Technologies, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 35/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article is coated with a coating having a dark gray or bronze color. In a preferred embodiment, the coating comprises a nickel or polymer basecoat layer, and a color and protective stack layer comprised of layers of oxygen-rich refractory metal oxycarbides. The preferred dark grey, oxygen rich color layer is zirconium oxycarbide. A refractory metal adhesion layer and a refractory metal oxide top coat layer also may be used.