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Composite triangular-pyramidal cube-corner retroreflective sheeting and retroreflective articles

US7950813B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 2, 2005
Grant dateMay 31, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/124
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Adoption of composite cube-corner retroreflective elements in which groups of each at least two sub-retroreflective elements which are each defined by three lateral faces mutually crossing at approximately right angles, as being configured by three-directional V-shaped parallel groove groups having substantially symmetrical sections and intersecting with each other, and which are arrayed in the closest-packed state, projecting on one side of their common sub-plane (SH-SH), each of said groups of sub-reflective elements being disposed on one main retroreflective element which is defined by three lateral faces mutually crossing at approximately right angles, as being configured by three-directional V-shaped parallel groove groups having substantially symmetrical sections and intersecting with each other, and which is disposed on the main plane (S-S).

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