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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
Antoine Paturle, Pont-du-Chateau, FR;
Antoine Paturle, Pont-du-Chateau, FR;
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Abstract
Article () having at least one visible surface (), this surface comprising on at least part of it a pattern () contrasting with the surface of the article, this pattern () comprising a plurality of tufts () distributed over the entire said pattern, each tuft () having an average cross section between 0.003 and 0.06 mm. Also disclosed is a moulding process for forming a high-contrast pattern on a surface of an article that can be moulded in a mould, this process consisting in producing, at the position of the pattern on the surface of the mould, a plurality of cavities of average cross section between 0.003 and 0.06 mm.