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Method and apparatus for altering device appearance

US8158224B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

Motorola Mobility LLC · US

Inventors

Ruth Zhang · Hauppauge, US
Roger W. Ady · Chicago, US
Rick Latella · Woodstock, US
Louis J. Lundell · Buffalo Grove, US
Manuel Oliver · Scottsdale, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 29, 2008
Grant date	Apr 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/13
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A housing (100, 300, 600, 700) for storing and protecting items comprises a photoreactive material (106) that selectively and irreversibly changes colors upon exposure to activating radiation (124, 324); and an ultraviolet attenuation coating (102, 702) disposed over the photoreactive material (106). Radiation (124, 324) is selectively applied to the photoreactive material (106) to irreversibly change the color of the photoreactive material (106) and therefore the housing (100, 300, 600, 700). An optional patterned layer (332) may be disposed between the photoreactive material (106) and the selective application of radiation (124, 324), and a background color (108) may be included, to affect the visual presentation of the housing (100, 300, 600, 700).

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