Method for manufacturing a reflective material, helmet, reflector and use thereof
AssigneeCodan Limited
InventorRobert Hilbrand Nicolaas Dam
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing and/or treating thermally deformable reflective material, including steps for: providing a base material such as a plate material or a sheet material, arranging on the base material an adhesive layer in the form of a polymerizable monomer mixture, preferably a photoactivatable monomer mixture, positioning reflective particles on the monomer mixture, subjecting the monomer mixture to a curing process for providing a thermoplastic polymer mixture for the purpose of fixing the reflective particles relative to the base material.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a helmet from a thermally deformable reflective material being mechanically deformable to a predetermined shape, the method comprising:
- providing a base material,
- arranging on the base material an adhesive layer in the form of a polymerizable, substantially monomer mixture,
- positioning reflective particles on the monomer mixture, such that at least a portion of the reflective particles partially protrude from the adhesive layer,
- subjecting the monomer mixture to a curing process for providing a thermoplastic mixture for fixing the reflective particles relative to the base material, thereby obtaining a reflective material in which a relative orientation between the base material and the reflective particles is substantially retained during shaping or deforming due to a co-deformable nature of the thermoplastic mixture, and
- shaping or deforming the reflective material to a helmet shape,
- wherein the relative orientation between the base material and the reflective particles is substantially retained during the shaping or deforming.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.