Patent ID: 9243175
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: C03C,C08K,C09D,C09K,C23C,D06M,F25D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for forming a spill-resistant border on a surface of a refrigerator shelf comprising: (a) roughening a portion of the surface that will serve as the spill-resistant border on the shelf; and (b) applying a silane or fluorosilane silanizing agent to the portion of the surface that will serve as the spill-resistant border on the shelf, thereby increasing the hydrophobicity and oleophobicity of said portion of the surface that will serve as the spill-resistant border, wherein said spill-resistant border is visible and forms a perimeter around at least one area that has a lower hydrophobicity than the border, and wherein, when the surface is level, the spill-resistant border retains up to 5.9 mm of water, up to 5.2 mm of an oil and water mixture, or up to 4.7 mm of milk.