Decorated two component window assembly and method of manufacture
AssigneeExatec LLC
InventorsBein T. Bui, Thomas V. Cutcher, Eric F. J. M. van der Meulen, Chengtao Li
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Abstract
A plastic window assembly includes a substantially transparent plastic panel and an opaque plastic frame adhered to the perimeter of the panel, which bounds and defines an effective viewing area of the panel. A transition step of the frame extends upward from the surface of the panel to a raised surface of the frame. Provided on the surface in the effective viewing area of the panel is an image. In order to print the image such that the outer edges of the image extend to an interfacial area defined by the juncture of the transition step and the second surface of the panel, a MIT printing process and specialized membrane construction is used.
Claims13
A plastic window assembly comprising:
- a substantially transparent plastic panel, the panel having opposing first and second surfaces and a perimeter region extending around the panel;
- a frame provided around the panel, the frame being formed of plastic and adhered to the second surface at the perimeter region of the panel so as to define an effective viewing area of the panel located within the frame, the frame further having portions defining a raised surface and a transition step extending upward from the second surface of the panel to the raised surface of the frame, the transition step defining an inside perimeter of the frame;
- an interfacial area being defined about a juncture of the transition step and a plane defined by the second surface of the panel;
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- an image provided on the second surface in the effective viewing area of the panel, the image terminating at an outer perimeter thereof located immediately adjacent the inside perimeter of the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.