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US 12,396,506 B2Granted
Retroreflective apertured fabric and garment
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsLok-Man Ng, Michael A. McCoy, Shri Niwas, Ying Xia
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Abstract
A breathable, high-visibility garment comprising an apertured fabric and a non-occlusive, unsupported, retroreflective laminate that is adhesively bonded to an outer major surface of at least one region of the apertured fabric.
Claims18
A breathable, high-visibility garment comprising:
- an apertured, breathable fabric comprising a multiplicity of apertures that occupy a percent open area of from 3% to 40%, that exhibit a size of at most 20 square mm, and that are in the form of perforations and/or interstitial through-holes;
- and, a non-occlusive, unsupported, retroreflective laminate that is adhesively bonded to an outer major surface of at least one region of the apertured fabric;
- wherein for at least some of the apertures of the apertured fabric, a flange of the retroreflective laminate wraps inwardly into the aperture so as to define a circumferential boundary of the aperture at least at one location within the aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.