Patent ID: 6974610

Claim:
A graphic transfer roll stock for use in fabrication of a high visibility safety garment constructed to comply with retroreflection standards of an acknowledged and recognized safety garment standard specifying a minimum coefficient of retroreflection for a stripe on a safety garment including a plurality of disconnected but closely spaced stripe segments to approximate a continuous stripe in appearance, said stripe segments formed of a retroreflective material having a coefficient of retroreflection higher than the minimum coefficient of retroreflection specified by the standard being addressed, comprising: an elongate, rolled-up continuous graphic transfer strip; said graphic transfer strip including an elongate flexible carrier; a continuous pattern of disconnected but closely spaced graphic transfer segments adhered to the carrier along the length thereof; each graphic transfer segment including a layer of retroreflective material with optical elements having a coefficient of retroreflection that is greater than the minimum coefficient of retroreflection specified by the standard being addressed, and a heat activated graphic transfer adhesive fixed to the retroreflective layer opposite the carrier for use in a lamination process to fix the retroreflective layer to a recipient surface; a carrier adhesive releasably adhering the retroreflective layer to the carrier; said graphic transfer segments located on said carrier forming a stripe pattern corresponding to the intended safety stripe pattern of disconnected but closely spaced stripe segments of a retroreflective material occupying a sufficient portion of the total stripe area such that when the ratio of the surface area occupied by the stripe segments to the total stripe area is multiplied by the retroreflection coefficient of the segment material, the result is at least equal to the minimum coefficient of retroreflection specified by the standard being addressed.