Glittering retroreflective sheeting

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • D446946
  • Patent Number
    D446,946
  • Date Filed
    Friday, October 31, 1997
    27 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, August 28, 2001
    23 years ago
  • US Classifications
    Field of Search
    • US
    • D05 22
    • D05 41
    • D05 47
    • D05 53
    • D05 57
    • D05 61
    • D05 62
    • D05 99
    • D29 101
    • 156 245
    • 264 11
    • 264 16
    • 264 19
    • 359 529
    • 359 530
    • 359 900
    • 428 401
    • 428 156
    • 428 199
    • 428 400
    • 428 9044
  • International Classifications
    • 0506
    • Term of Grant
      14Years
Abstract
Description




FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a glittering retroreflective sheeting showing the new design. The speckling that is shown in this Figure and in FIG. 2 represents glitter that is displayed by the article when exposed to light. The terms “glitter” or “glittering” are used herein to mean a multiplicity of discrete regions of light that appear as distinct points of light, each of which may be noticed by the unaided eye of an ordinary observer when light is incident on the sheeting, but which points of light disappear or become unnoticeable to the eye of the same observer when either the angle of the incident light source to the sheeting, the angle of observation, the sheeting's orientation, or a combination thereof are changed. The term “retroreflective sheeting” means a sheeting that reflects substantial quantities of incident light—which light otherwise would be reflected elsewhere—back towards the light source.




FIG. 2 is a reduced scale top elevational view thereof.




FIG. 3 is a bottom elevational view thereof.




FIG. 4 is a front side elevational view thereof. The rear side elevational view is the same as the front side elevational view; and,




FIG. 5 is a left side elevational view thereof. The right side elevational view is the same as the left side elevational view.




In the drawings, the broken lines form no part of the claimed design and indicate that the glittering retroreflective sheeting has indeterminate length and width.




The combination of diagonal surface shading and stippling in FIGS. 1-2 represents a glittering reflective surface effect.



Claims
  • The ornamental design for a glittering retroreflective sheeting, as shown and described.
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Entry
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