Coated article having the appearance of stainless steel
AssigneeVapor Technologies, Inc.
InventorGuocun Chen
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Abstract
An article is coated with a multi-layer decorative and protective coating having the appearance of stainless steel. The coating comprises one or more electroplated layers on the surface of said article and vapor deposited on the electroplated layers a color layer comprised of the reaction products of refractory metal or refractory metal alloy, nitrogen and oxygen wherein the total nitrogen and oxygen content is from about 4 to about 32 atomic percent with the nitrogen content being at least about 3 atomic percent.
Claims13
An article having on at least a portion of its surface a protective and decorative coating having the appearance of stainless steel said coating comprising:
- at least one layer comprised of nickel on said surface of said article;
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- a layer having the appearance of stainless steel on said at least one layer comprised of nickel comprised of reaction products of refractory metal or refractory metal alloy, nitrogen and oxygen, wherein the total nitrogen and oxygen content of said reaction products is from about 4 to about 32 atomic percent with the nitrogen content being a substoichiometric amount of at least about 3 atomic percent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.