Metallized hinge cap
AssigneeAnomatic Corporation
InventorDidier Marcel Teillard
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to metalized hinge caps and/or the manufacturing thereof. One or more embodiment described herein includes a method of manufacturing a metalized hinge cap. The method can comprise applying a metallization process to a hinge cap to deposit a metal film onto a cap top, cap base, and hinge of the hinge cap. The he hinge can be integral with a first sidewall of the cap top. Further, the hinge can be integral with a second sidewall of the cap base. Also, the method can comprise removing the metal film from at least a portion of hinge via an ablation of the metal film.
Claims6
A metalized hinge cap, comprising:
- a cap base coupled to a cap top by a hinge, wherein a first end of the hinge is integral with a sidewall of the cap base, wherein a second end of the hinge is integral with a sidewall of the cap top, and wherein the cap base, the cap top, and the hinge are integrally formed as a single piece of material;
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- a metal film positioned on a surface area of the cap top and a surface area of the cap base, wherein the metal film is absent from at least a portion of the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.