Article having a plurality of optical structures

摘要

An article has optical structures disposed on a base material element. The optical structures include lenticular lens structures and discrete coloring elements having distinct color regions. The lenticular lens structure has several lens layers. The lenticular lens structure may have any of a variety of cross-sectional shapes. The article has a different appearance when an observer views the article at various angles. The appearance may differ in terms of coloring scheme.

主权项

1. An article configured to be worn by a user, comprising:
a base material element; and a plurality of optical structures, wherein an apparent color of the plurality of optical structures changes when the article is viewed from different angles, and wherein each optical structure comprises:
a discrete coloring element, wherein the discrete coloring element has a first side disposed against the base material element and a second side disposed opposite of the first side, and wherein each discrete coloring element includes at least two regions having different colors, and wherein the second side of the discrete coloring element has a non-circular shape,a lenticular lens structure, the lenticular lens structure having a plurality of lens layers,
wherein a bottom most lens layer of the lenticular lens structure is disposed against the second side of the discrete coloring element, andwherein a bottom surface of the bottom most lens layer of the lenticular lens structure has the non-circular shape of and is coextensive with the second side of the discrete coloring element.