Mold for producing glittering cube-corner retroreflective sheeting

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PATENT NO 5814355
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08640383

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A mold 79 that includes an array of cube-corner elements 80 that are arranged in the array such that a retroreflective cube-corner sheeting 60 that is formed thereon is capable of glittering when light is incident on the sheeting. The array may be defined by three sets of intersecting grooves 25, 26, 27 where each groove set includes two or more generally parallel grooves. At least one groove in at least one of the sets has faces 22 of adjacent cube-corner elements 30a, 30b arranged such that a dihedral angle .alpha. located between adjacent faces varies along the groove(s) in the set.

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MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANYP O BOX 33427 ST PAUL MN 55133-3427

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atkinson, Matthew R Cottage Grove, MN 6 314
Benson, Jr Olester Woodbury, MN 42 2286
Frey, Cheryl M White Bear Lake, MN 15 912
Krinke, Harlan L Marine on the St. Croix, MN 11 470
Marecki, Paul E May Township, MN 17 557
Shusta, Jeanine M Mahtomedi, MN 16 731

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