Patent ID: 6036233
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: B42D

Abstract:
A data carrier with an optically variable structure verifying the authenticity of the data carrier and having a first embossed structure which is combined with a first coating contrasting with the surface of the data carrier in such a way that at least partial areas of the coating are visible upon perpendicular viewing but concealed upon oblique viewing from a predetermined viewing direction so that a tilting effect occurs upon alternate perpendicular and oblique viewing, wherein the optically variable structure is divided into at least two areas, and wherein the first coating and the first embossed structure are disposed in a first one of said at least two areas, and a second embossed structure different from the first embossed structure and combined with a second coating different from the first coating and contrasting with the surface of the data carrier in such a way that at least partial areas of the second coating are visible upon perpendicular viewing but concealed upon oblique viewing from a predetermined viewing direction so that a tilting effect occurs upon alternate perpendicular and oblique viewing is present in the second one of said at least two areas.