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US 12,473,412 · App. 17/279,154 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Graphic sheet and lighting system using graphic sheet

Inventors: Hidetoshi Abe (Yamagata, JP); Koji Saito (Yamagata, JP)
Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
C08J7/0427C08J7/042C08K3/22C08K7/16C09D11/36G09F13/0418G09F13/22C08J2367/00C08J2433/14C08K2003/2241
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Patent No.
US 12,473,412
App. No.
17/279,154
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A graphic sheet including: a transparent rigid film substrate; and a receptor layer disposed on the transparent rigid film substrate, the receptor layer containing an acrylic polymer and a white pigment filler; wherein the receptor layer contains not less than 5 parts by mass and not more than 50 parts by mass of the white pigment filler per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic polymer; and a total visible light transmittance of the sheet is not less than 8% and not greater than 50% is described.

Claims (21)

1 . A graphic sheet comprising

a transparent rigid film substrate; and

a receptor layer disposed on the transparent rigid film substrate, the receptor layer containing an acrylic polymer and a white pigment filler;

wherein the receptor layer contains not less than 5 parts by mass and not more than 50 parts by mass of the white pigment filler per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic polymer; and

a total visible light transmittance of the sheet is not less than 8% and not greater than 50%.

2 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the receptor layer has a thickness of not greater than 50 μm.

3 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the acrylic polymer contains a polymer blend of a carboxyl group-containing (meth) acrylic polymer and an amino group-containing (meth) acrylic polymer.

4 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the white pigment filler is a titanium oxide pigment.

5 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent rigid film substrate has a yield modulus of not less than 10 MPa and not greater than 300 MPa.

6 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein a 2% tensile strength of the transparent rigid film substrate is not less than 40 N/25 mm.

7 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent rigid resin film substrate is a polyester film.

8 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent rigid resin film substrate has a thickness of not less than 30 μm and not greater than 300 μm.

9 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a printed layer on a surface on an opposite side as the transparent rigid film substrate side of the receptor layer.

10 . The graphic sheet according to claim 2 , wherein the printed layer is a printed layer of a solvent based ink.

11 . The graphic sheet according to claim 9 , wherein the printed layer is an inkjet printed layer.

12 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , further comprising a resin layer containing microspheres and a non-adhesive resin on a surface on an opposite side as the receptor layer side of the transparent rigid film substrate.

13 . A lighting system comprising the graphic sheet according to claim 1 and a lighting unit, wherein the graphic sheet is attached to the lighting unit.

14 . The lighting system according to claim 13 , wherein the graphic sheet is attached to the lighting unit without interposing an adhesive layer.

15 . The lighting system according to claim 13 , wherein the lighting unit includes a pair of transparent plates between which the graphic sheet can be replaceably sandwiched on a front part thereof.

16 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the receptor layer contains not less than 10 parts by mass by mass of the white pigment filler per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic polymer.

17 . The graphic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the receptor layer contains not more than 40 parts by mass of the white pigment filler per 100 parts by mass of the acrylic polymer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2021
From: ABE, HIDETOSHI; SAITO, KOJI
To: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Reel/Frame 055696/0620 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-181114 · Sep 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210395475A1 · Dec 23, 2021
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