# US 12,304,700 B2 · Metallized hinge cap

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- Number: US 12,304,700 B2
- Document ID: US12304700B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/299,500
- Filed: 2023-04-12
- Published: 2023-10-19
- Granted: 2025-05-20
- Earliest claimed: 2022-04-15
- Assignees: Anomatic Corporation
- Applicants: Anomatic Corporation
- Inventors: Didier Marcel Teillard
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12304700B2

## CPC

- B65D 43/162: {the container, the lid and the hinge being made of one piece (B65D43/161 takes precedence)}
- B65D 47/0838: {located at an edge of the base element}
- B23K 26/362: Laser etching
- B23K 2103/42: {Plastics other than composite materials}
- B65D 2203/00: Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B23K: SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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; and
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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The metalized hinge cap of claim 1, wherein the cap base, the cap top, and the hinge are composed of a plastic material.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The metalized hinge cap of claim 1, wherein the metal film is absent from the hinge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The metalized hinge cap of claim 1, wherein the metal film is absent from the hinge along a pre-defined pattern of parallel or intersecting path lines.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The metallized hinge cap of claim 1, wherein the metal film is absent from a central portion of the hinge along a longitudinal axis of the hinge.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The metalized hinge cap of claim 1, wherein the cap base and the cap top are composed of a first plastic material, wherein the hinge is composed of a second plastic material, and wherein the first plastic material is different than the second plastic material.