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US 2002/0054434 A1Published application
Sheeting with composite image that floats
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsJeffrey M. Florczak, Robert T. Krasa, Stephen P. Maki, Richard M. Osgood III
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Abstract
Microlens sheetings with composite images are disclosed, in which the composite image floats above or below the sheeting, or both. The composite image may be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. Methods for providing such an imaged sheeting, including by the application of radiation to a radiation sensitive material layer adjacent the microlenses, are also disclosed.
Claims13
A sheeting, comprising:
- a. at least one layer of microlenses, the layer having first and second sides;
- b. a layer of material disposed adjacent the first side of the layer of microlenses;
- c. an at least partially complete image formed in the material associated with each of a plurality of the microlenses, wherein the image contrasts with the material;
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- d. a composite image, provided by the individual images, that appears to the unaided eye to be floating above or below the sheeting, or both.
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