Optical: systems and elements – Signal reflector – 3-corner retroreflective
Patent
1998-07-17
1999-07-20
Phan, James
Optical: systems and elements
Signal reflector
3-corner retroreflective
359529, 428167, G02B 5124
Patent
active
059263148
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides improved cube corner retroreflective articles which exhibit a wide range of retroreflective entrance angularity in at least one plane, and preferably in two or more planes. An article in accordance with the present invention includes a structured surface having at least one array of cube corner elements formed by three intersecting sets of substantially parallel grooves. Each cube corner element includes a base triangle bonded by one groove from each of the three intersecting groove sets, the base triangle being scalene.
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Benson Gerald M.
Smith Kenneth L.
Caven Jed W.
Jensen Stephen C.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
Phan James
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