Infrared reflecting cube-cornered sheeting
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1. A retroreflective article having first and second major sides, said first side being substantially flat and said second side having an array of cube-corner retroreflective elements thereon, wherein said elements comprise a polymeric matrix which is transmissive to infrared light but which is substantially opaque to visible light.
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Cube-corner type retroreflective articles which retroreflect infrared light but do not substantially retroreflect visible light. The cube-corner elements comprise a polymeric matrix selected to be highly transmissive to infrared light but substantially opaque to visible light.
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- 1. A retroreflective article having first and second major sides, said first side being substantially flat and said second side having an array of cube-corner retroreflective elements thereon, wherein said elements comprise a polymeric matrix which is transmissive to infrared light but which is substantially opaque to visible light.
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9. The article of claim i wherein said matrix absorbs at least about 90 percent of all wavelengths of light from about 400 millimicrons to about 700 millimicrons and transmits at least about 25 percent of all wavelengths of light from about 750 millimicrons and about 1150 microns.
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