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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1999
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a light-illuminating rod, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to handle the light-illuminating rod while the rod is being deflected or install it while it is being bent. A light-illuminating rod comprising (a) a flexible rod member and (b) a light diffusible reflective film which is fixedly bonded to part of the outer periphery of the rod member along the longitudinal direction thereof and which comprises (i) a light-transmittable polymer and (ii) light diffusible reflective particles dispersed in the polymer, the light-transmittable polymer of the light diffusible reflective film having a storage modulus of 1.0×10 to 1.0×10 dyne/cm .