Method and apparatus for forming a writable erasable area on an object
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey J. Domey, Matthew W. Fenton
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Abstract
A method of forming a writable erasable area on an object includes selecting a glass sheet having a front surface and a back surface, where the front surface is opposed to and parallel to the back surface. An area of the object where the writable erasable area is to be located is selected. The selected area has a select non-flat shape. The shape of the glass sheet is conformed to the select non-flat shape. The glass sheet is then mounted on the object such that the glass sheet is located at the selected area of the object and conforms in shape to the selected area of the object.
Claims24
A method of forming a writable erasable area on an object, comprising:
- (a) selecting a glass sheet having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface being opposed to and parallel to the back surface;
- (b) selecting an area of the object where the writable erasable area is to be located, the selected area having a select non-flat shape;
- (c) conforming a shape of the glass sheet to the select non-flat shape;
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- (d) mounting the glass sheet on the object such that the glass sheet is located at the selected area of the object and conforms in shape to the selected area of the object.
A conformable writable erasable device, comprising:
- a conformable glass sheet having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface being opposed and parallel to the back surface, the conformable glass sheet being conformable to a select non-flat shape;
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- mounting means for mounting the conformable glass sheet on an object such that when the conformable glass sheet is mounted on the object using the mounting means the conformable glass sheet is located at and conforms to a selected area of the object having the select non-flat shape.
An apparatus having a writable erasable area, comprising:
- an object having an object face with a select curved shape;
- a conformable glass sheet having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface being opposed and parallel to the back surface, the conformable glass sheet being conformable in shape to the object face;
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- mounting means that mounts the conformable glass sheet on the object such that the conformable glass sheet is located on the object face and conforms in shape to the object face and such that the front surface is accessible and usable as the writable erasable area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.