Patent ID: 7901120

Claim:
A decorative unit with illuminable decorative elements, in particular a sill strip for positioning on the body of a vehicle, preferably in the region of a door sill, the decorative unit comprising: a light-conducting layer into which light is radiated by an illuminant, in particular at least one light emitting diode (LED), a light-covering decorative element layer disposed above the light-conducting layer, the light-covering decorative element layer including opaque and translucent regions which correspond to the decorative elements, a reflection layer disposed beneath the light-conducting layer, and a translucent dispersal layer being disposed between the light-conducting layer and the light-covering decorative element layer, wherein the translucent dispersal layer contains a mixture of a coarse fraction of particles and a fine fraction of particles, and wherein the fine fraction of particles includes an average grain size in the region of less than about 15 μm, and further wherein the fine fraction of particles with an average grain size in the region of less than about 15 μm comprises a mixture of a first part-fraction of particles with an average grain size in the region of between about 1.8 μm and about 2.4 μm and of a second part-fraction of particles with an average grain size in the region of between about 8.0 μm and about 12.0 μm, and in particular of a mixture of about 35 parts to about 65 parts of the first part-fraction and about 65 parts to about 35 parts of the second part-fraction, preferably each half consisting of the two part-fractions.