Optically decorative web
First Claim
1. A WEB COMPRISING AN ELONGATED THIN STRIP OF POLYMERIC MATERIAL HAVING OPPOSITE SURFACES, ONE OF SAID SURFACES BEING SMOOTH AND THE OPPOSITE SURFACE BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF RIDGES AND GROOVES, THE SURFACES FORMING THE RIDGES PRODUCING IN THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT IMAGE SUCH THAT THE STRIP HAS AN APPEARANCE OTHER THAN THAT OF A SURFACE OF SAID STRIP AND SAID IMAGE WOULD BE OTHER THAN COINCIDENT WITH SAID SURFACEES, AND A LAYER OF ADHESIVE APPLIED TO A SURFACE OF SAID STRIP.
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Abstract
A thin polymeric strip material which is formed on one surface with a plurality of ridges and grooves defining a surface affording in the presence of light an optical image in space having an appearance other than that of a surface of said strip. The article may have a coating over the surfaces of the ridges affording a reflective surface and an optical image. Preferably an adhesive is applied on the strip material to bond the same to the surface of an article to afford ornamental and utilitarian properties to the same by providing a predetermined optical effect.
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30 Claims
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1. A WEB COMPRISING AN ELONGATED THIN STRIP OF POLYMERIC MATERIAL HAVING OPPOSITE SURFACES, ONE OF SAID SURFACES BEING SMOOTH AND THE OPPOSITE SURFACE BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF RIDGES AND GROOVES, THE SURFACES FORMING THE RIDGES PRODUCING IN THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT IMAGE SUCH THAT THE STRIP HAS AN APPEARANCE OTHER THAN THAT OF A SURFACE OF SAID STRIP AND SAID IMAGE WOULD BE OTHER THAN COINCIDENT WITH SAID SURFACEES, AND A LAYER OF ADHESIVE APPLIED TO A SURFACE OF SAID STRIP.
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2. A web according to claim 1 wherein the ridges and grooves on the strip are coated with a specular reflective metallic material.
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3. A web according to claim 2 wherein said layer of adhesive is applied to said metallic material.
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4. A web according to claim 1 wherein a group of contiguous ridges define one image and an adjacent group of contiguous ridges define another image.
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5. A web according to claim 1 wherein the strip has a thickness of between 0.002 inch to 0.20 inch.
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6. A web according to claim 1 wherein said layer of adhesive is coated onto the smooth surface of the strip.
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7. A web according to claim 1 wherein said polymeric material is opaque and the adhesive layer is coated on the smooth surface, and a specular reflective material is applied to said surface formed with ridges and grooves.
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8. A web according to claim 1 wherein said strip is transparent to light.
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9. A web according to claim 8 wherein a specular reflective material is coated on said smooth surface.
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10. A web according to claim 8 wherein a specular reflective material is coated on said surface formed with ridges and grooves and Said adhesive layer is applied to said reflective material.
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11. In combination, an article having a surface to be decorated or protected, a strip of polymeric material having opposite surfaces and formed on one of said surfaces with a plurality of ridges and grooves, the surfaces forming the same producing in the presence of light an image of the surroundings such that the surface of the strip has an appearance other than coincident with a surface of said strip and said image would be other than planar, and means for bonding the thin strip to the surface of said article.
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12. A combination according to claim 1 wherein the parallel ridges and grooves on the strip are coated with a reflective metallic material to make said surfaces of said ridges reflective.
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13. A combination according to claim 12 wherein an adhesive is applied to the metallic material.
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14. A combination according to claim 11 wherein a plurality of said strips are positioned in contiguous relation on said surface of the article to define an irregular surface.
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15. A combination according to claim 11 wherein the strip has a thickness of between 0.002 inch to 0.20 inch.
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16. A combination according to claim 1 wherein said strip has a smooth surface and the means for bonding the strip is an adhesive coated onto said smooth surface of the strip.
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17. A combination according to claim 12 wherein the means for bonding the thin strip to the surface comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprising a flexible resilient polymeric foam backing coated on both surfaces and having one surface thereof bonded to the surface of said strip provided with said ridges and grooves and having another surface bonded to said article.
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18. A combination according to claim 11 wherein said strip is transparent to light and has a smooth surface opposite said surface with ridges and grooves.
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19. A combination according to claim 18 wherein a reflective material is applied to said smooth surface.
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20. A combination according to claim 18 wherein a reflective material is applied on said surface formed with ridges and grooves and said means for bonding comprises an adhesive applied to said reflective material.
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21. A combination according to claim 11 wherein said article is a ceiling.
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22. A combination according to claim 21 wherein said strip is placed adjacent other strips on said surface of said ceiling and combine therewith to form a predetermined image.
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23. A combination according to claim 11 wherein said article is a piece of furniture.
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24. A combination according to claim 12 wherein said article is a vehicle.
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25. A combination according to claim 11 wherein said article is a glass panel.
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26. A combination according to claim 18 wherein said article is a glass panel.
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27. A combination according to claim 18 wherein indicia is applied onto a surface of said strip.
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28. A combination according to claim 18 wherein indicia is applied onto said smooth surface.
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29. A combination according to claim 20 wherein indicia is applied onto a surface of said strip.
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30. A combination according to claim 20 wherein indicia is applied onto said smooth surface.
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