CLOTHING BEARING RETROREFLECTIVE APPLIQUES

摘要

An article of clothing (10) bearing a retroreflective applique (12) that has a binder layer (14) onto which a retroreflective layer (19) is disposed. The retroreflective layer (19) includes a layer of optical elements (16) and a metal reflective layer (18), and the binder layer (14) includes a thermoplastic copolymer that includes units which contain carboxyl groups. A retroreflective applique, which uses such a binder layer in conjunction with aluminum-coated or silver-coated optical elements, demonstrates very good home laundering durability.