Decoration member and method for manufacturing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11844409-B2
Application number	US-201916980299-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2019
Priority date	Apr 10, 2018
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

The present application relates to a decoration member including a substrate layer having a convex structure or a concave structure arranged two-dimensionally, and a method for preparing the decoration member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A decoration member comprising:
a substrate layer including a plurality of convex or concave structures arranged two-dimensionally such that:
(i) a first line segment connecting a highest point of any convex structure or a lowest point of any concave structure with a highest point of an adjacent convex structure or a lowest point of an adjacent concave structure, the first line segment defining a first axis direction; and
(ii) a second line segment connecting a highest point of the any convex structure or a lowest point of the any concave structure with a highest point of another adjacent convex structure or a lowest point of another adjacent concave structure, the second line segment defining a second axis direction; and

an inorganic material layer provided on the substrate layer,
wherein the two-dimensionally-arranged structures are arranged such that the second axis direction forms an angle of greater than or equal to 1 degree and less than or equal to 175 degrees in a clockwise direction with the first axis direction,
wherein a first cross-section cutting of the plurality of the convex or the concave structures in a first plane (Z 1 ) is a first asymmetric-structured cross-section, and a second cross-section cutting the plurality of the convex or the concave structures in a second plane (Z 2 ) is a second asymmetric-structured cross-section, and wherein the first asymmetric-structured cross-section and the second asymmetric-structured cross-section are the same or different from one another;
the first plane includes a straight line coinciding with or parallel to the first axis direction, and the second plane includes a straight line coinciding with or parallel to the second axis direction; and
the first plane and the second plane include a straight line passing through a highest point of the convex structures or a lowest point of the concave structures among normal lines on one surface of the substrate layer.

2. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensionally-arranged structure is arranged such that the second axis direction forms an angle of greater than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 150 degrees in a clockwise direction with the first axis.

3. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein the number of the convex structures or the concave structures is from 1/mm 2 to 1,000,000/mm 2 with respect to an area of a surface of the substrate layer.

4. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein, in the asymmetric-structured cross-sections, at least one cross-section includes two or more sides having different inclined angles, different curvatures, or different side shapes.

5. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein the asymmetric-structured cross-sections include a first inclined side and a second inclined side having different inclined angles with respect to the substrate layer.

6. The decoration member of claim 5 , wherein an angle formed by the first inclined side and the second inclined side with respect to the substrate layer is 80 degrees to 100 degrees.

7. The decoration member of claim 5 , wherein an inclined angle difference between the first inclined side and the second inclined side with respect to the substrate layer is 30 degrees to 70 degrees.

8. The decoration member of claim 1 , further comprising a flat portion between the convex structure or the concave structure arranged two-dimensionally.

9. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein a cross-section cutting the convex structure or the concave structure in a plane including the first axis and the second axis (Z 3 ) has a shape of square, rectangle or polygon.

10. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein the substrate layer has a flat portion on a surface opposite to the surface on which the convex structure or the concave structure is formed.

11. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material layer is a single layer or a multilayer including one, two or more types of materials among one, two or more types of materials selected from among indium (In), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), silicon (Si), germanium (Ge), aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), tantalum (Ta), molybdenum (Mo), neodymium (Nd), iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), gold (Au) and silver (Ag), oxides thereof; nitrides thereof; oxynitrides thereof; carbon and carbon composites.

12. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material layer includes a light absorbing layer and a light reflective layer consecutively provided on the substrate layer, or includes a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer consecutively provided on the substrate layer.

13. The decoration member of claim 12 , further comprising a color film provided between the substrate layer and the inorganic material layer; between the light absorbing layer and the light reflective layer; on a surface opposite to the surface facing the inorganic material layer of the substrate layer; or on a surface opposite to the surface facing the substrate layer of the inorganic material layer.

14. The decoration member of claim 1 , further comprising a color film provided between the substrate layer and the inorganic material layer; on a surface opposite to the surface facing the inorganic material layer of the substrate layer; or on a surface opposite to the surface facing the substrate layer of the inorganic material layer.

15. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein a first direction color difference CLEO represented by the following Equation 1 and a second direction color difference (AE 2 ) represented by the following Equation 2 are each greater than 1:
Δ E 1 =√{square root over (( L* 1 −L* 2 ) 2 +( a* 1 −a* 2 ) 2 +( b* 1 −b* 2 ) 2 )}  [Equation 1]

Δ E 2 =√{square root over (( L* 3 −L* 4 ) 2 +( a* 3 −a* 4 ) 2 +( b* 3 −b* 4 ) 2 )}  [Equation 2]

in Equation 1 and Equation 2,
the first direction color difference is a relation of (L* 1 ,a* 1 ,b* 1 ) and (L* 2 ,a* 2 ,b* 2 ) coordinates measured at two points on a straight line parallel to the first axis direction of the decoration member; and
the second direction color difference is a relation of (L* 3 ,a* 3 ,b* 3 ) and (L* 4 ,a* 4 ,b* 4 ) coordinates measured at two points on a straight line perpendicular to the first axis direction of the decoration member.

16. The decoration member of claim 1 , wherein the substrate layer includes a plastic or a glass substrate for a cosmetic container.

17. The decoration member of claim 16 , wherein the plastic includes one or more of polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), polyacrylate, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), polycarbonate (PC), polyamide and a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer.

18. A method for preparing the decoration member of claim 1 , the method comprising:
preparing the substrate layer including the convex structure or the concave structure arranged two-dimensionally; and
forming the inorganic material layer on the substrate layer,
wherein the two-dimensionally-arranged structures are arranged in a first axis direction and a second axis direction forming an angle of greater than or equal to 1 degree and less than or equal to 175 degrees in a clockwise direction with the first axis direction.

Assignees

• Lg Chemical Ltd

Inventors

• Jo Pilsung
• Song Jin Suk
• Jang Song Ho
• Kim Ki Hwan
• Kim Yong Chan
• Heo Nansra
• Shon Jeong Woo

Classifications

• A45C11/002

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• C23C14/0036

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• C03C17/245

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