Retroreflective sheeting including cube corner elements
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1. An article, comprising:
- at least one preferred geometry cube corner element having three dihedral angles errors wherein the dihedral angle errors are different from each other; and
wherein the article exhibits at least one of the following average brightness measurements;
an average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 625 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 0.2°
;
an average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 575 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 0.33°
;
an average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 375 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 0.5°
;
oran average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 80 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 1.0°
.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to lamina(e) comprising cube corner elements, a tool comprising an assembly of laminae and replicas thereof. The disclosure further relates to retroreflective sheeting.
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1. An article, comprising:
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at least one preferred geometry cube corner element having three dihedral angles errors wherein the dihedral angle errors are different from each other; and wherein the article exhibits at least one of the following average brightness measurements; an average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 625 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 0.2°
;an average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 575 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 0.33°
;an average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 375 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 0.5°
;
oran average brightness at 0° and
90°
orientation according to ASTM D4596-1a of at least 80 candelas/lux/m2 for an entrance angle of −
4° and
an observation angle of 1.0°
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