Patent ID: 7906748

Claim:
A method of making an induction heatable item, comprising the steps of: obtaining a ferromagnetic material; adding said ferromagnetic material to a coating material to make a ferromagnetic coating; and applying said ferromagnetic coating to at least a portion of a surface of a body of a non-ferromagnetic item, wherein said step of obtaining a ferromagnetic material includes the step of obtaining a ferromagnetic powder, said step of adding said ferromagnetic material to a coating includes the step of adding said ferromagnetic powder to a traditional coating material to make said ferromagnetic coating, said step of obtaining a ferromagnetic powder includes the step of grinding or pulverizing a ferromagnetic material to a fine powder, and said step of applying said ferromagnetic coating to at least a portion of a surface of a body of a non-ferromagnetic item includes the steps of (i) forming a solid film from the ferromagnetic coating and (ii) heat shrinking the solid film onto a surface of the body of the non-ferromagnetic item.