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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Gary P. Fugitt, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Steve G. Bushhouse, Cary, NC (US);
Jason Richard Hogan, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Wei-hwa Her, Beaumont, TX (US);
Steven Parker, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gary P. Fugitt, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Steve G. Bushhouse, Cary, NC (US);
Jason Richard Hogan, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Wei-Hwa Her, Beaumont, TX (US);
Steven Parker, Raleigh, NC (US);
MeadWestvaco Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for coating paperboard including the steps of preparing a paperboard substrate having a basis weight of at least about 85 pounds per 3000 ft, with the proviso that the paperboard substrate is not subjected to a wet stack calendering process, applying a basecoat to at least one surface of the paperboard substrate to form a coated paperboard structure, the basecoat including at least one pigment, the pigment having a sediment void volume of at least about 45 percent, and applying a top coat over the basecoat of the coated paperboard structure to form a top-coated paperboard structure having an outermost coating surface, wherein the outermost coating surface has a Parker Print Surf smoothness of at most about 3 microns.