Marking of Fabric Carrying Case for a Portable Electronic Device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorMichael S. Nashner
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Abstract
Techniques or processes for providing markings on fabric articles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the articles may be fabric carrying cases for electronic devices. For example, a fabric carrying case for a particular electronic may include a fabric base layer and a plurality of thick films coupled to the fabric base layer, wherein the plurality of thick films may comprise a top thick film and an underlying thick film. Regions of the top thick film may be selectively etched through, for selectively exposing the underlying thick film. The selectively etched regions may be arranged for marking of textual or graphical indicia on the fabric carrying case for the portable electronic device.
Claims20
A method for forming and marking a fabric article, the method comprising:
- coupling a first polymer-based film to a fabric base layer, wherein the first polymer-based film has a first color;
- curing the first polymer-based film;
- after curing the first polymer-based film, coupling a second polymer-based film to the first polymer-based film, wherein the second polymer-based film has a second color that is different than the first color;
- and
- etching regions of the second polymer-based film to selectively expose the underlying first polymer-based film through the regions of the second polymer-based film.
A method of forming and marking a fabric case for an electronic device, the method comprising:
- coupling a first film to a fabric base layer;
- curing the first film;
- after curing the first film, coupling a second film to the first film;
- and
- etching regions of the second film to selectively expose the underlying first film through the regions of the second film, wherein the etched regions are arranged to form textual or graphical indicia on the fabric case.
A method for forming and marking an article from a fabric base layer, the method comprising:
- coupling a plurality of films to the fabric base layer with adhesive, wherein the plurality of films includes at least a top film and an underlying film, and wherein the underlying film is cured prior to application of the top film;
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- removing regions of the top film to expose the underlying film through the regions of the top film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.