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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Eugene H. Carlson, Apple Valley, MN (US);
James C. Coderre, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Christopher L. Harvey, St. Paul, MN (US);
James E. Lasch, Oakdale, MN (US);
David W. Meitz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Colleen C. Nagel, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Eugene H. Carlson, Apple Valley, MN (US);
James C. Coderre, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Christopher L. Harvey, St. Paul, MN (US);
James E. Lasch, Oakdale, MN (US);
David W. Meitz, St. Paul, MN (US);
Colleen C. Nagel, Arden Hills, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a new sheeting article that may suitably include: a carrier having a first major surface and a second major surface; and a plurality of discrete segments of a sheeting (e.g., a retroreflective sheeting), wherein the sheeting has a first major viewing surface and a second major opposing surface, and the first major viewing surface of the sheeting is preferably removably attached to the second major surface of the carrier. Preferably, the first major surface of the carrier comprises a release surface, the second major opposing surface of the sheeting comprises an adhesive, the article is provided in the form of a roll, and the adhesive surface of the sheeting is adjacent the release surface of an adjacent layer of the roll. In a presently preferred embodiment the present invention provides novel easy-to-use truck conspicuity sheeting.