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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Patrick W. Mullen, Barkhamsted, CT (US);
Robert B. Nilsen, Mystic, CT (US);
William P. Rowland, Plattsburgh, NY (US);
Patrick W. Mullen, Barkhamsted, CT (US);
Robert B. Nilsen, Mystic, CT (US);
William P. Rowland, Plattsburgh, NY (US);
Reflexite Corporation, Avon, CT (US);
Abstract
A light-redirecting optical structure includes a first side and a second side, the first side including plurality of linear prisms having a visibly random shaped surface on the prisms and a plurality of cross-cut prisms on first side which are oriented at an angle such that it is greater than zero degrees but less than 180 degrees. A backlight wedge includes a stepped structure on a bottom side that decreases in size traversing the wedge away from a light source which is positioned at an end and having a visibly random shaped surface on said wedge.