In a printed article, pigment flakes are magnetically aligned so as to form curved patterns in a plurality of cross-sections normal a continuous imaginary line, wherein radii of the curved patterns increase along the imaginary line from the first point to the second point. When light is incident upon the aligned pigment Hakes from a light source, light reflected from the aligned pattern forms a bright image which appears to gradually change its shape and move from one side of the continuous imaginary line to another side of the continuous imaginary line when the substrate is tilted with respect to the light source.

A sparkling fabric includes: a fabric substrate; and a tri-layer adhered to the fabric substrate. The tri-layer includes: an adhesive layer that adheres the tri-layer to the fabric substrate; an exposed design layer; and a metal plating layer between the exposed design layer and the adhesive layer. The tri-layer is distributed as a plurality of separable and identifiable tri-layer pieces across the fabric substrate such that the distribution of tri-layer pieces has a density on the order of 15-25 pieces per centimeter squared (pcs/cm2) and a size of a piece is less than 1 millimeter (mm).

A sparkling fabric includes: a fabric substrate; and a tri-layer adhered to the fabric substrate. The tri-layer includes: an adhesive layer that adheres the tri-layer to the fabric substrate; an exposed design layer; and a metal plating layer between the exposed design layer and the adhesive layer. The tri-layer is distributed as a plurality of separable and identifiable tri-layer pieces across the fabric substrate such that the distribution of tri-layer pieces has a density on the order of 15-25 pieces per centimeter squared (pcs/cm2) and a size of a piece is less than 1 millimeter (mm).

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a luminaire comprises a plurality of waveguides, a light source arranged to direct light into the plurality of waveguides, and a plurality of extraction feature patterns. The luminaire contemplated by the present disclosure is arranged with the plurality of waveguides are aligned such that an extraction feature pattern extracts light out of a first waveguide of the plurality of waveguides and a second extraction feature pattern extracts light out of a second waveguide of the plurality of waveguides. Further, in accordance with this aspect, the light extracted out of the first waveguide is directed through the second waveguide to develop an appearance of depth.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a luminaire comprises a plurality of waveguides, a light source arranged to direct light into the plurality of waveguides, and a plurality of extraction feature patterns. The luminaire contemplated by the present disclosure is arranged with the plurality of waveguides are aligned such that an extraction feature pattern extracts light out of a first waveguide of the plurality of waveguides and a second extraction feature pattern extracts light out of a second waveguide of the plurality of waveguides. Further, in accordance with this aspect, the light extracted out of the first waveguide is directed through the second waveguide to develop an appearance of depth.

Provided is a decorative molded article that uniformizes the brightness of an uneven surface and inhibits whitening. The decorative molded article is provided with a protective layer having an uneven surface on an adherend, and satisfying the following requirement 1-1: <Requirement 1-1> A black plate is stuck to the surface of the article on the adherend side thereof via a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to prepare a sample A. A visible light inclined by 10 degrees from the normal direction of the sample A is made to run into the uneven surface, and based on the specular direction of the incident light as a reference angle, a luminous reflectance is measured every 0.2 degrees within a range of the reference angle±5.0 degrees. When the luminous reflectance at −5.0 degrees relative to the reference angle is represented by Y.sub.−5.0 and the luminous reflectance at −4.8 degrees is represented by Y.sub.−4.8, a value represented by an expression of [(Y.sub.−4.8−Y.sub.−5.0)/((Y.sub.−4.8+Y.sub.−5.0)/2)]×100 is defined as a change rate of the luminous reflectance at −5.0 degrees. When a change rate of the luminous reflectance at every measurement angle is calculated, and when an approximate straight line is drawn according to a least-square method in which the x-axis indicates the measurement angle and the y-axis indicates the change rate, the slope of the approximate straight line is −2.00 or more and −0.90 or less.

A patterned structure is provided, including a plurality of pattern groups. Each the pattern group has a plurality of patterned band regions. Each the patterned band region extends from a staring end to an ending end. Each the patterned band region has a plurality of pattern units. The pattern unit of one of the patterned band region partial overlaps the pattern unit of another patterned band region.

A patterned structure is provided, including a plurality of pattern groups. Each the pattern group has a plurality of patterned band regions. Each the patterned band region extends from a staring end to an ending end. Each the patterned band region has a plurality of pattern units. The pattern unit of one of the patterned band region partial overlaps the pattern unit of another patterned band region.

A method for producing a decorative surface having different gloss levels preferably comprising the following steps: (C) feeding of a workpiece (1.0), which is coated with at least a first lacquer layer (1.4) to a digital printing station; (D) provision of digital control data for the digital printing station; (E) digital spraying of droplets on partial areas of the first lacquer layer (1.4) on the workpiece (1.0) with an at least partially transparent lacquer in order to apply a second lacquer layer (1.5) on the first lacquer layer (1.4), wherein after curing the second lacquer layer (1.5) has a different gloss level than the first lacquer layer (1.4). Further disclosed is an apparatus for carrying out this method.

The present disclosure provides a low-temperature thermal laminating film (10), and a preparation method and the use thereof. The low-temperature thermal laminating film (10) includes a film substrate (100) and an adhesive layer (200), wherein the adhesive layer (200) is disposed on the film substrate (100), and the raw materials of the adhesive layer (200) include an ethylene-vinyl acetate resin, a tackifier and an antioxidant, wherein the weight percentage of the ethylene-vinyl acetate resin is 70%-90%, the weight percentage of the tackifier is 5%-25%, and the weight percentage of the antioxidant is 3%-5%. The adhesive layer (200) in the low-temperature thermal laminating film (10) has a strong bonding force with the film substrate (100), and the low-temperature thermal laminating film can be laminated at relatively low-temperatures and can achieve a good laminating effect.