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Color dynamic, three-dimensional flexible film and method of making it

Assignee: Toscony Inc
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Filing: 1962-04-30
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Granted: 1966-08-02
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Expires: 1982-04-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Rudolph A Jerothe
  • 👤 Forrest Norman

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 12:12
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B35/00; G03B35/18; G03B35/24; B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1007; Y10T156/1023

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 213 words
A FLEXIBLE, RELATIVELY THIN, PLASTIC MATERIAL POSSESSING STRIKING CHARACTERISTICS OF COLOR AND DEPTH AND COMPRISING TRANSPARENT SHEET MEANS OF FLEXIBLE PLASTIC HAVING A THICKNESS BETWEEN ABOUT EIGHT MILS AND ABOUT FORTY MILS, CONTIGIOUS SEGMENTS OF ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL LENSES FORMED ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SHEET MEANS WITH BETWEEN ABOUT 50 AND ABOUT 200 OF SEGMENTS PER INCH, A PLURALITY OF PRINTED SELECTED COLOR LINES SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF LENS SEGMENTS PER INCH AND EXTENDING IN A POSITION OF SELECTED ALIGNMENT WITH SAID LENS SEGMENTS IN LAMINATED RELATION TO THE SIDE OF THE TRANSPARENT SHEET MEANS OPPOSITE THE LENS SEGMENTS, SAID PRINTED LINES BEING TURNED TO BE OUT OF LINE AT A SMALL ANGLE WITH THE LENS SEGMENTS SO THAT THE MOIRE EFFECT BECOMES A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY POSITIONED REPETITIVE BANDS OF INTERFERENCE PATTERNS, THE BANDS BEING OF THE COLOR OF THE PRINTED LINES, THE PRINTED LINES BEING IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF SETS OF PRINTED LINES, EACH SET BEING AT A DIFFERENT SPACED RELATION TO THE LENS SEGMENTS AND PRODUCING A MOIRE EFFECT WITH THE LENS SEGMENTS, AND EACH SET BEING OF A DIFFERENT COLOR AND MAKING A DIFFERENT ANGLE WITH THE LENS SEGMENTS AND HAVING A DIFFERENT COUNT PER INCH THAN THE LENS SEGMENTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 213 words
A FLEXIBLE, RELATIVELY THIN, PLASTIC MATERIAL POSSESSING STRIKING CHARACTERISTICS OF COLOR AND DEPTH AND COMPRISING TRANSPARENT SHEET MEANS OF FLEXIBLE PLASTIC HAVING A THICKNESS BETWEEN ABOUT EIGHT MILS AND ABOUT FORTY MILS, CONTIGIOUS SEGMENTS OF ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL LENSES FORMED ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE SHEET MEANS WITH BETWEEN ABOUT 50 AND ABOUT 200 OF SEGMENTS PER INCH, A PLURALITY OF PRINTED SELECTED COLOR LINES SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF LENS SEGMENTS PER INCH AND EXTENDING IN A POSITION OF SELECTED ALIGNMENT WITH SAID LENS SEGMENTS IN LAMINATED RELATION TO THE SIDE OF THE TRANSPARENT SHEET MEANS OPPOSITE THE LENS SEGMENTS, SAID PRINTED LINES BEING TURNED TO BE OUT OF LINE AT A SMALL ANGLE WITH THE LENS SEGMENTS SO THAT THE MOIRE EFFECT BECOMES A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY POSITIONED REPETITIVE BANDS OF INTERFERENCE PATTERNS, THE BANDS BEING OF THE COLOR OF THE PRINTED LINES, THE PRINTED LINES BEING IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF SETS OF PRINTED LINES, EACH SET BEING AT A DIFFERENT SPACED RELATION TO THE LENS SEGMENTS AND PRODUCING A MOIRE EFFECT WITH THE LENS SEGMENTS, AND EACH SET BEING OF A DIFFERENT COLOR AND MAKING A DIFFERENT ANGLE WITH THE LENS SEGMENTS AND HAVING A DIFFERENT COUNT PER INCH THAN THE LENS SEGMENTS.

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