Patent ID: 8012595

Claim:
An appliance selected from the group consisting of refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers, ovens, stoves, ice makers, water dispensers, humidifiers, and dehumidifiers, having a panel formed of a rolled steel material forming at least a substantial portion of a side of the appliance and a polyester lamination film adhered directly to an entire outer surface of said panel, wherein said polyester lamination film comprises a substantially transparent polyester film layer with a brushed backside, a vacuum metallized aluminum layer deposited on said backside of said polyester film layer, a layer of adhesive on a side of said vacuum metallized aluminum layer opposite of said polyester film, and a tinted coating layer provided on a front side of said polyester film layer, the tinted coating layer being colored to provide a color rendition of the metalized aluminum layer as stainless steel, as seen through the substantially transparent polyester film layer, wherein the tinted coating layer, the brushed backside of the polyester film and the aluminum layer combine to provide a stainless steel appearance to said entire panel.