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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2016
U.s. Government As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Natick, MA (US);
Michael Ghebrebrhan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Landa Hoke, Leominster, MA (US);
U.S. Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a retro-reflective threadincluding an internal section; a plurality of fibers, each fiber comprising a respective longitudinal axis and a respective surface and each fiber comprising a first material that is at least partially optically transmissive, and wherein said plurality of fibers are configured with their respective longitudinal axes substantially co-linearly aligned with one another and said plurality of fibers are interconnected in series around said internal section and wherein a first partof said respective surface of each of said plurality of fibers faces into said internal section; and a reflective materialprovided on said first part of said respective surface of each of said plurality of fibers.