Patent ID: 7651758

Claim:
A wear surface system having the characteristic of improved resistance to wear, the system comprising: a substrate having a surface in which are defined three-dimensional, micro-metered, prismatic anchoring sites comprising regularly spaced hairs having an average height (H p ) of 100-200μ and diameter (D) of about 25μ that are separated by at least some spaces positioned around at least some of the hairs, the spaces having an average dimension (S) of about 25-75μ, at least some of the hairs having a plateau and side surfaces to which a coating may adhere; a coating applied by vapor deposition to the plateaus and side surfaces of at least some of the hairs, the coating having an interfacial surface with substantially conforming three-dimensional features that mate with at least some of the hairs of the anchoring sites and an outside surface that is substantially planar, the coating becoming hardened upon solidification and being relatively immune from delamination due to internal and externally applied stresses during exposure to normal wear conditions.