Induction heatable cookware and serving ware, method of making induction heatable items, and coating for making induction heatable items

1. 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.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said traditional coating material is a liquid coating material including a liquid, and said step of adding said ferromagnetic powder includes the step of mixing said powder into said liquid.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said ferromagnetic coating comprises a liquid.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said ferromagnetic coating is capable of being sprayed in a liquid form onto a surface of the body of the non-ferromagnetic item.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said ferromagnetic coating is capable of being brushed in a liquid form onto a surface of the body of the non-ferromagnetic item.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein said ferromagnetic coating is capable of being a ferromagnetic coating dip such that said non-ferromagnetic item may be dipped into said ferromagnetic coating dip while said ferromagnetic coating is in a liquid form.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said ferromagnetic coating is a silicone base or a fluorocarbon base material.

8. A method of making ferromagnetic coating for making a non-ferromagnetic item heatable by induction, said method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a ferromagnetic powder,

adding said ferromagnetic powder to a traditional coating material to form a ferromagnetic coating material;

forming a solid film using said ferromagnetic coating material; and

applying said solid film to an exterior of the item via heat shrinking,

wherein said method of obtaining a ferromagnetic powder comprises the step of grinding or pulverizing a ferromagnetic material to a fine powder.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 wherein said traditional coating material comprises a liquid and said step of adding said ferromagnetic powder comprises mixing said powder into said liquid.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said ferromagnetic coating material is a silicone base or a fluorocarbon base material.

11. An induction heatable item,

a body made of a non-ferromagnetic material; and

a ferromagnetic coating applied to at least a portion of a surface of said non-ferromagnetic body, said ferromagnetic coating including a ferromagnetic material that has been added to a coating material, wherein

said ferromagnetic coating includes a ferromagnetic powder that has been added to a traditional coating material,

said ferromagnetic powder is made by grinding or pulverizing a ferromagnetic material to a fine powder,

wherein,

said traditional coating material is a liquid coating material,

said ferromagnetic coating is a heat-shrinked solid film on an exterior of the non ferromagnetic body.