US 11,884,793 B2
Molded article with metallic appearance
Ping Wang, Beijing (CN); Liang Yang, Beijing (CN); Ruizhi Pei, Beijing (CN); Shuo Song, Beijing (CN); Fang Chen, Beijing (CN); and Zihui Xu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/074,709.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2019/114256 (WO), filed on Oct. 30, 2019; and application No. PCT/CN2020/119228 (WO), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0130571 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. C08K 3/08 (2006.01); C08K 7/00 (2006.01); C08J 3/22 (2006.01); C08J 5/18 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29K 505/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01)
CPC C08K 3/08 (2013.01) [B29C 45/0013 (2013.01); C08J 3/226 (2013.01); C08J 5/18 (2013.01); C08K 7/00 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/16 (2013.01); B29K 2505/00 (2013.01); C08J 2323/12 (2013.01); C08K 2003/0812 (2013.01); C08K 2201/003 (2013.01); C08K 2201/004 (2013.01); C08K 2201/016 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A molded article having at least one part that comprises at least one layer comprising:
a) from 50% to 99.99% of a thermoplastic material by weight of said layer, and
b) from 0.01% to 50% of metallic flakes by weight of said layer;
wherein the layer exhibits a sandwich structure in which a ratio of Middle Flake Density of the layer over Surface Flake Density of the layer is at least 3, and
wherein the metallic flakes have an aspect ratio of an average diameter to an average thickness being at least 2.