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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2011
Jiro Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Mizumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Jiro Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichiro Mizumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A multilayer sheeting with a 3D floating image. The sheeting includes a layer of microlenses and a multilayer material disposed adjacent the microlenses. The multilayer material includes multiple adjacent layers having X-Y planar positions and a Z-direction orthogonal to the X-Y planar positions. Individual images, which contrast with the material, are formed in the multilayer material and include connected elements at interfaces between the multiple layers and conjunction elements between connected elements. The connected elements are registered in the Z-direction at the X-Y planar positions in the interfaces between the layers. The individual images collectively form a composite 3D image that appears to the unaided eye to be three-dimensional and floating above or below the sheeting, or both.