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US 2010/0132232 A1Published application
Illuminated license plate
OwnerRuediger T. Frischinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a license plate for vehicles that comprises a light guide comprising a matrix of a transparent polymeric material A having distributed therein particles of a material B for scattering light within the light guide. The license plate further comprises a retroreflective sheet having a retroreflective face that faces a first side of the light guide. The invention provides for an optimized illuminated license plate, and methods of making such license plate.
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A license plate for vehicles, comprising:
- a light guide comprising a matrix of a transparent polymeric material A having distributed, therein particles of a material B for scattering light within the light guide;
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- a retroreflective sheet having a retroreflective face that faces a first side of the light guide.
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A device for holding a license plate, comprising
- a light guide comprising a matrix transparent polymeric material A having distributed therein particles of a material B for scattering light within the light guide;
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- a receptacle for holding a license plate component, the license plate component comprising:
- a retroreflective layer with a retroreflective side, and
- indicia in front of the retroreflective side;
- wherein the assembly is adapted to hold the license plate component with its retroreflective face facing the light guide.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.