Patent ID: 8025957

Claim:
A transparency, comprising: a first ply having a first visible light transmission, said first ply having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface, and said first ply being an outboard ply; a second ply having a second visible light transmission, with the first visible light transmission being greater than the second visible light transmission, said second ply having a No. 3 surface and a No. 4 surface, said No. 2 surface facing said No. 3 surface, and said second ply being an inner ply; and a solar control coating formed over at least a portion of said No. 2 surface, wherein the solar control coating has a first infrared reflective metallic layer, a second infrared reflective metallic layer and a third infrared reflective metallic layer, said first infrared reflective metallic layer formed over said No. 2 surface, said second infrared reflective metallic layer formed over said first infrared reflective metallic layer, and said third infrared reflective metallic layer formed over said second infrared reflective metallic layer; and wherein the first infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the second infrared reflective metallic layer and the second infrared reflective metallic layer is thicker than the third infrared reflective metallic layer.