Drinking or eating vessel
AssigneeAT Promotions LTD
InventorAlexander Edward Turner
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Abstract
There is provided a drinking or eating vessel comprising an inner surface that defines a volume for receiving liquid or solid food and an outer surface that supports a polymeric coating and a decorative layer; wherein the polymeric coating comprises a polymer formed by curing a coating mixture on the outer surface of the drinking or eating vessel, said coating mixture comprising a matting agent; wherein the polymeric coating has an inner surface in contact with the drinking or eating vessel and an outer surface exposed to contact by a user of the vessel; and wherein the decorative layer forms a diffuse layer within the polymeric coating. Also provided are corresponding processes for producing the drinking or eating vessel.
Claims19
A drinking or eating vessel comprising an inner surface that defines a volume for receiving liquid or solid food and an outer surface that supports a polymeric coating and a decorative layer;
- wherein the polymeric coating comprises a polymer formed by curing a coating mixture on the outer surface of the drinking or eating vessel, said coating mixture comprising a matting agent;
- the matting agent comprises silica particles;
- the polymeric coating has an inner surface in contact with the drinking or eating vessel and an outer surface exposed to contact by a user of the vessel;
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- the decorative layer forms a diffuse layer within the polymeric coating.
A process for producing a drinking or eating vessel having a decorative layer, wherein the vessel comprises an inner surface that defines a volume for receiving liquid or solid food and an outer surface that supports a polymeric coating and a decorative layer, said process comprising the steps of:
- providing a coating mixture comprising a matting agent;
- applying the coating mixture to the outer surface of the drinking or eating vessel;
- curing the coating mixture to form a polymeric coating having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surface being in contact with the outer surface of the drinking or eating vessel;
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- applying an image to the outer surface of the polymeric coating using dye sublimation to form a decorative layer, wherein the decorative layer forms a diffuse layer within the polymeric coating,
- wherein the matting agent comprises silica particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.