Patent Document ID: 20060204724
Application ID: 11199007
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image comprising: a) a substrate and having a plurality of contrasting discernible regions thereon, together defining an image, a first region of the discernible regions having magnetic flakes thereon having been aligned by an applied magnetic field having a predetermined orientation, and b) a second region of the discernible regions adjacent the first region having flakes thereon oriented differently than flakes in the first region, wherein, i) said orientation of the flakes in the second region being a result of mechanically impressing flakes within the second region, or ii) said second region having an absence of flakes caused by or pushing away flakes from said second region, the image forming a tactile image wherein a tactile transition can be sensed by touching a transition between the first and second discernible regions.