Patent ID: 7966088
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: B44C,B44F,G16Z,H04M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of mass manufacturing uniquely decorated housing pieces for electronic devices, comprising: (a) electronically processing an entire item of master artwork that is stored in an associated image file with a computer controller into an electronic format that is usable by a manufacturing tool, the master artwork having a size larger than any one of the housing pieces; (b) determining a portion of the master artwork to be represented on a current one of the housing pieces; (c) processing the current housing piece with the manufacturing tool so that the determined portion of the master artwork is represented on the current housing piece; (d) repeating (b) and (c) for plural housing pieces, wherein the determined portion is different for each of the housing pieces; and (e) assembling the electronic devices using the housing pieces; and wherein the portion of the master artwork for the current housing piece is determined randomly.