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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Ikuo Mimura, Uozu, JP;
Keiji Adachi, Uozu, JP;
Nippon Carbide Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a triangular-pyramidal cube-corner retroreflective sheeting having a novel structure characterized in that a lateral face (face c) using a base edge (x) of triangular-pyramidal reflective elements faced each other and arranged in the closest-packed state by sharing the base edge (x) on a first bottom plane (virtual plane X-X′) forms a triangle, two other faces (faces a and b) sharing one ridge line started from an apex (H) of the triangular-pyramidal reflective elements form a quadrangle, and the height (h′) from the apex (H) up to the first bottom plane (virtual plane X-X′) is substantially smaller than the height (h) from the apex (H) up to the substantially horizontal second bottom plane (Z-Z′) including base edges (z and w) of the other lateral faces (faces a and b).