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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Ikuo Mimura, Minato-ku, JP;
Ikuo Mimura, Minato-ku, JP;
NIPPON CARBIDE INDUSTRIES CO., INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In cube-corner retroreflective sheeting, cube-corner retroreflective elements in at least two mutually adjacent regions A and B rotate with each other around an axis perpendicular to the sheeting, in which cube-corner retroreflective elementsandnot in contact with boundaries between the regions A and B are cube-corner retroreflective elements having a hexagonal shape, and cube-corner retroreflective elementsandin contact with the boundaries between the regions A and B are cube-corner retroreflective elements having a shape obtained by cutting parts of one or two reflective lateral surfaces of the cube-corner retroreflective element having a hexagonal shape where the partly cut reflective lateral surfaces are in contact with the boundaries.