Flexible braille indicia signage for use on railings and method
AssigneeGraphic Imaging, Inc.
InventorsKatherine Anne Keller, Ryan Herrmann Keller, Jesse James Scandlin, Kenneth Albert Bucker
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AssigneeGraphic Imaging, Inc.
InventorsKatherine Anne Keller, Ryan Herrmann Keller, Jesse James Scandlin, Kenneth Albert Bucker
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Flexible braille indicia signage and methods are provided. Preferably, the flexible braille indicia signage takes the form of braille directional identifiers for use on railings or the like. In one example, the braille indicia signage is made by providing a flexible substrate and printing a first layer of ink on a first side of the flexible substrate in a pattern defining desired braille indicia. Multiple layers of ink are then printed in registration with the pattern atop of the first layer of ink such that the desired braille indicia has a height of at least 0.6 mm (0.79 mm for braille directional identifiers) relative to the first side of the substrate. A sealing layer of ink is then printed atop the substrate and multiple layers of ink. The result is a braille sign with braille indicia that does not separate from the substrate on a condition that a portion of the substrate bearing the braille indicia is flexed in an arc of a 10 mm, i.e. 7/16 inch, radius circle, such as, for example, when the braille indicia sign is a braille directional identifier affixed to a railing having a 20 mm, i.e. ⅞ inch, or greater diameter.
A method of providing braille indicia signage for application to staircase railings proximate ends of staircases extending in vertical directions from levels of a multilevel structure comprising:
A method of providing braille indicia signage for application to staircase railings proximate ends of staircases extending in vertical directions from levels of a multilevel structure comprising:
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