Segmented sheeting and methods of making and using same

• Main Authors: HARVEY CHRISTOPHER L, NAGEL COLLEEN C, CODERRE JAMES C, LASCH JAMES E, CARLSON EUGENE H, MEITZ DAVID W
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.04.2006
• Subjects: ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; ADHESIVES; CHEMISTRY; DECORATIVE ARTS; DYES; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MOSAICS; NATURAL RESINS; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PAINTS; PAPERHANGING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; POLISHES; PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; TARSIA WORK; TRANSPORTING; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES

The present invention provides a new sheeting article that may suitably include: a carrier having a first major surface and a second major surface; and a plurality of discrete segments of a sheeting (e.g., a retroreflective sheeting), wherein the sheeting has a first major viewing surface and a second major opposing surface, and the first major viewing surface of the sheeting is preferably removably attached to the second major surface of the carrier. Preferably, the first major surface of the carrier comprises a release surface, the second major opposing surface of the sheeting comprises an adhesive, the article is provided in the form of a roll, and the adhesive surface of the sheeting is adjacent the release surface of an adjacent layer of the roll. In a presently preferred embodiment the present invention provides novel easy-to-use truck conspicuity sheeting.