Patent ID: 7767123
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: B44C,C01P,C09C

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a plurality of thin film flakes and a plurality of glitter flakes, comprising the steps of: a) providing a substrate; b) coating the substrate with one or more non-releasable reflective layers, wherein the one or more non-releasable reflective layers provide reflectivity to incident light so as to provide a glitter effect; c) subsequent to step (b), releasably depositing one or more releasable thin film layers on the substrate or on the one or more non-releasable reflective layers; d) separating the one or more releasable thin film layers from the substrate or from the one or more non-releasable reflective layers so as to obtain the plurality of thin film flakes; and e) cutting the substrate having the one or more non-releasable reflective layers into the plurality of glitter flakes.