Back to results
US 2010/0148468 A1Published application
Bicycle frame
AssigneeAvants International Corp.
InventorSheng-Hsu Tsai
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A bicycle frame includes a frame body, a base coating layer covering an entire surface of the frame body, and a decorative layer thermal bonded to an entire outer surface of the base coating layer. The decorative layer includes an adhesive layer, a patterned layer that is printed on the adhesive layer, and a reflective layer that has a plurality of reflective particles bonded to the adhesive layer. A method of forming the bicycle frame is also disclosed.
Claims9
A bicycle frame comprising:
- a frame body;
- a base coating layer covering an entire surface of said frame body;
- and
- a decorative layer thermal bonded to an entire outer surface of said base coating layer, and including:
- an adhesive layer;
- a patterned layer printed on said adhesive layer;
- and
- a reflective layer having a plurality of reflective particles bonded to said adhesive layer.
5 more elements
A bicycle frame comprising:
- a frame body, a base coating layer coated on said frame body, and a decorative layer bonded to said base coating layer, said decorative layer including a patterned layer, an adhesive layer, and a reflective layer, the bicycle frame being made by a process which includes:
- providing said base coating layer to an outer surface of said frame body;
- forming said decorative layer on a release substrate;
- disposing said release substrate together with said decorative layer on said base coating layer;
- and
- thermal bonding said decorative layer to said base coating layer.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.