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Definitions

• the present invention relates to a privacy film.
• the present invention relates to a polymeric based privacy film having a plurality of light directing elements each element being disposed substantially parallel to the next adjacent light directing element, the film being well suited for use with documents.
• Products capable of providing privacy for the consumer have increased. For example, it is very common today for most personal computers and automatic teller machines to include a privacy screen allowing the user to view the image on the monitor while simultaneously limiting the view for bystanders, or at least those not in the viewing angle of the screen. Some have used light control films to provide privacy to a user who has documents containing sensitive material. The idea is similar in that the user can view the image on the document but bystanders are limited in viewing the document's content.
• the present invention provides for a privacy film that can be used with documents to limit the angle at which a viewer can read the information on the document.
• a privacy film that can be used with documents to limit the angle at which a viewer can read the information on the document.
• the privacy film is placed in the use orientation such that the viewing angle is coincident with the user's line of sight, the user will be able to see the contents of the documents while others will only have a limited view of the document's content.
• the present invention pertains to a privacy film comprising a light transmissive, polymeric base sheet comprising (i) a first polymeric material, the base sheet having opposing first and second surfaces; and (ii) a plurality of light directing elements comprising a second polymeric material, wherein each element has a base, a height h, and a minor axis disposed along the height, wherein the elements protrude from the first surface of the base sheet, and wherein each element is disposed such that the minor axis of one element is substantially parallel to the minor axis of the next adjacent element and the base of one element is not joined with the base of the next adjacent element.
• the privacy film comprises elongated light directing elements.
• the term "light transmissive” means the ability to transmit visible light.
• the light transmissive base sheet has an opacity of 90 or less, as measured using a Lab Scan 6000 Tester with a HuterLab Master Color Data Program, commercially available from Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc., Reston, VA.
• the term “elongated” generally means that the element has a rail-like appearance.
• the rails can be continuous along the entire length of the privacy film or they can be discontinuous.
• the discontinuous light directing elements are discrete bodies having an appearance of a stem, such as, e.g., a stem of a mushroom.
• One advantage of the present invention is that it provides the privacy feature with flexible construction that is relatively easy to manufacture.
• the privacy film can be quickly attached to the document in a non-permanent manner.
• the privacy film is durable so that it can be used repeatedly.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention
• Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the privacy film of Figure 1 taken along line 2-2;
• Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention showing light directing elements with multiple sections;
• Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention, showing the tip portions of the light directing elements being covered with a light absorbing coating.
• Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention showing light directing elements at varying cant angles;
• Figure 6 is a cross-section view of another embodiment of the present invention showing the tip portions of the light directing elements being elongated in a direction parallel to the base layer;
• Figure 7 is a perspective of another embodiment of the present invention showing a combination of elongated light directing elements.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one exemplary embodiment of the present invention showing privacy film 10 having elongated light directing elements 18 disposed on substrate 50 that may contain sensitive information.
• the privacy film can be attached using a light transmissive adhesive (not shown).
• the elements have a major axis L and a minor axis i.
• One exemplary substrate is a document bearing confidential information that the document owner wants limited viewing access.
• the privacy film of the present invention is disposed on the document so that the major axis L lies substantially parallel to the image or lines of text on the document.
• the privacy film would be oriented so that the major axis also lies along the same direction.
• the privacy film can be disposed on the document temporarily, meaning that the film can be removed from the substrate without damage thereto, or permanently, meaning that removal of the privacy film will most likely cause damage to the document.
• an adhesive can be used.
• the adhesive can be pressure sensitive or hot melt.
• the adhesive can be a repositionable adhesive, meaning that it can be applied and removed from the substrate multiple times without damage to the substrate and without significant loss in adhesion of the repositionable adhesive.
• the privacy Film is formed as a pocket, where the privacy film forms a front, a polymeric backing or the privacy film forms a back, and the privacy film and the back are attached on three sides, leaving the fourth, typically top side, open for insertion and removal of a document. Other configurations can be used.
• the light directing elements interfere with light transmission thereby providing the privacy feature of the present inventive film.
• Optically active materials such as light reflecting and or light absorbing materials, may be included.
• the light directing elements geometry, spacing, and the optically active materials are discussed below in detail.
• the heights of the light directing elements are substantially the same on the privacy film. There may be some variation in the elements' heights due to the manufacturing conditions. In another exemplary embodiment, the heights of the elements vary from one region of the privacy film to another region and even from one element to the next adjacent element. By variation in height, it is generally meant that one element will be from 75% to 95% in height of another element.
• Figure 3 generally illustrates the embodiment having light reflecting elements with varying heights.
• Figure 2 shows a cross-section of the privacy film in Figure 1 taken along line
• the privacy film includes base sheet 12 having opposing first surface 14 and second surface 16 and demarcation line 13.
• Light directing elements 18 protrude from the first surface of the base sheet. While Figure 2 shows that demarcation line 13 is collinear with first surface 14, the line can be at a different location.
• Each light directing element has a height h, a width W 5 and a center-to-center spacing from one element to the next adjacent element P.
• the height h is measured along the minor axis / from the first surface 14 of the base sheet to tip 20.
• the width W is measured perpendicular to the minor axis.
• the h to P ratio is greater than 0.5. In another embodiment, the h:P ratio is less than 5.
• the width of the light directing element, as measured proximate to the first surface of the base sheet is greater than 25 microns. In another embodiment, the width is less than 750 microns.
• the light directing elements are disposed on the base sheet at a cant angle ⁇ .
• the cant angle is the angle between first surface 14 and the minor axis of each light directing element. In one embodiment, the cant angle is greater than 15°. In another embodiment, the cant angle is less than 90°. In yet another embodiment, the cant angle ranges from 40° to 85°.
• the cant angle ranges from 55° to 75°.
• adhesive 22 is provided on the second surface of the base sheet, for attachment to a substrate.
• the light directing elements of this particular embodiment are substantially uniform in its cross-sectional dimension, there can be a slight draft (i.e., a slight narrowing) to the elements towards tip 20.
• the placement of two adjacent light directing elements is such that the tip of one element, taken along an imaginary line normal to the first surface of the base sheet (shown as dotted line N), lies next to the base (shown as reference letter b) of the next element.
• the light directing element includes either light absorbing materials or light reflecting materials.
• Suitable light reflecting materials include, e.g., titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, zinc sulfide, zinc phosphate, calcium carbonate, alumina, silica, antimony oxide, barium sulfate, lithopene (a co-precipitate of barium sulfate and zinc oxide), calcined kaolin, lead carbonate, magnesium oxide, and combinations thereof.
• Suitable light absorbing materials include, e.g., carbon black, spinel black, rutile black, iron black, and combinations thereof.
• FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the invention, where privacy film 100 includes base sheet 112 having opposing first surface 114 and second surface 116.
• Light directing elements 118 protrude from the first surface of the base sheet.
• Demarcation line 113 resides slightly within the light directing element.
• the light directing element include first portion 119 disposed distal to the first surface of the base sheet, second portion 117 disposed proximate to the first surface, and third portion from the first surface to line 113.
• the composition of the base sheet and the third portion will be similar, and may even be the same.
• Line 115 demarcates the first portion from the second portion.
• the first portion includes a light absorbing material and the second portion includes a light reflecting material.
• the height of the first portion is denoted as /ii 9 , and is the distance along the minor axis of the element between line 115 and the tip.
• the height of the second portion is denoted as Z 117 and is the distance along the minor axis of the element between line 113 and 115. In one embodiment, the ratio of is 3 to 0.1.
• the placement of two adjacent light directing elements is such that the tip of one element, taken along imaginary line N overlaps with the base of the next adjacent element. While the light directing element of Figure 2 includes a tip that is has substantially straight edges, the tips can be rounded as shown in Figure 3. Other geometry can be used, so long as the light directing elements interfere with light transmission so as to provide the privacy feature.
• Figure 4 shows a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention where privacy film 200 includes base sheet 212 having opposing first surface 214, second surface 216, and demarcation line 213.
• Light directing elements 218 protrude from the first surface. At the tips of the light directing elements, light absorbing coating 219 has been applied. The coating may migrate down the sides of the light directing elements. In this particular embodiment, the light directing element could include light reflecting materials.
• the coating can be applied to the elements using known coating techniques. In one embodiment, the coating is 0.01 to 1.0 mm in dry thickness.
• the light absorbing coating is applied to the tips using digital printing methods, such as inkjet printing, color inkjet printing, laser printing, and dye or mass transfer printing or by conventional printing techniques, such as offset lithography, flexography, and gravure.
• digital printing methods such as inkjet printing, color inkjet printing, laser printing, and dye or mass transfer printing or by conventional printing techniques, such as offset lithography, flexography, and gravure.
• the tips of the elements are receptive to the ink or the dyes used in the printing process.
• Figure 5 shows a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention, where privacy film 300 includes base sheet 312 having opposing first surface 314 and second surface 316.
• Light directing elements 318 protrude from the first surface of the base sheet.
• the cant angle of each light directing element differs from the next adjacent element.
• cant angle ⁇ i will be similar to cant angle ⁇ 2 .
• ⁇ j may be 90° while B 1 may be 88°.
• the cant angle for the fifth light directing element, ⁇ 5 may be very different than that of the first light directing element.
• ⁇ 5 may be 60°, so that the first light directing element will not be considered to be parallel to the fifth light directing element.
• the magnitude of the varying change in cant angles has been exaggerated in this figure to illustrate the varying cant angles.
• Figure 6 shows a cross-sectional view of yet another embodiment of the present invention, where privacy film 400 includes base sheet 412 having opposing first surface 414, second surface 416 and demarcation line 413.
• Light directing elements 418 protrude from the first surface.
• Each light directing element has first portion 419 distal to the first surface of the base sheet and second portion 417 proximate to the first surface.
• Line 415 demarcates the first portion from the second portion.
• Line 413 demarcates the second portion from a third portion.
• the first portion has one-sided extension, similar to an upside down "L".
• the extensions can all be on the same side, e.g., all left facing or all right facing (as shown in the figure), or they can alternate between left facing and right facing.
• the extensions can also be randomly oriented to the left or to the right or at any angle between the left and the right side. In other words, if one were to take a top view of the embodiment of Figure 6 so that all that would be seen is first portion 419, it can be rotated at any of the various angles along a 360° path.
• at least one of the first and second portion includes light reflecting materials.
• the first portion includes light absorbing materials and the second portion includes light reflecting materials.
• a combination of different light directing elements such as, e.g., the elements shown in Figures 2, 3, and 6 are used together to form a privacy film.
• Figure 1 shows the light directing elements as elongated rails that run continuously along the length of a document.
• the elements can include interruptions, either of a specified length to create uniform interruptions, or of a random length to create non-uniform interruptions.
• Figure 7 shows an illustrative privacy film 500 disposed on substrate 550.
• the privacy film includes light directing elements 518 having uniform interruptions on the left hand side and non-uniform interruptions on the right hand side. Interspersed in between are light directing elements that are continuous over the entire length of the film.
• the base sheet in all of the embodiments is light transmissive, it may include light reflecting materials.
• the quantity of light reflecting materials used in the base sheet can, but does not have to, be similar to that used in the light directing elements.
• the advantage of using similar amounts is that the process of making the privacy film, as further described below, can be simplified to using a single extruder instead of multiple extruders. In the case where substantially the same amount is used, care should be taken to select a sufficient amount to impart the privacy feature to the film without adversely affecting the readability of the underlying document.
• the privacy film of the present invention can be formed by extruding a polymeric web through a die having an opening cut, for example, by electron discharge machining.
• the web would include the base sheet and the light directing elements disposed thereon.
• the shape of the die opening is designed to generate a web with a desired cross- sectional shape or profile.
• the web can be quenched after leaving the die opening by pulling it through a quenching material such as water.
• a wetting agent may be added to the quenching medium to wet the entire surface of the extruded web, including spaces between the light directing elements.
• the extruded web may be further processed, e.g., by applying a light absorbing coating to the tips of the elements (as shown in Figure 4) or by cutting the extruded elements and stretching the web to form discontinuous light directing elements.
• the film can be formed by co extrusion techniques as described, e.g., in PCT application WO 99/17630.
• the coextrasion technique may involve passing different melt streams from different extruders into a multiple-manifold die or multiple-layer feed block and a film die. The individual streams merge in the feed block and enter the die as a layered stack that flows out into layered sheets as the material leaves the die.
• Suitable materials for use in forming the privacy film include thermoplastic polymers and elastomers.
• Suitable thermoplastic polymers include, e.g., polyolefins such as polypropylene or polyethylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers, acrylate-modified ethylene vinyl acetate polymers, ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, nylon, polyvinylchloride, and engineering polymers such as polyketones or polymethylpentanes.
• Suitable elastomers include, e.g., natural or synthetic rubber, styrene block copolymers containing isoprene, butadiene, or ethylene (butylene) blocks, metallocene-catalyzed polyolefins, polyurethane, and polydiorganosiloxanes. Mixtures of thermoplastic polymers and elastomers may also be used.
• the light directing elements were extruded using a Davis-Standard 2.5 inch single screw extruder (SSE) and or 0.75 inch Killion SSE and the base sheet was extruded using a Davis-Standard 1.5 inch SSE.
• SSE Davis-Standard 2.5 inch single screw extruder
• base sheet was extruded using a Davis-Standard 1.5 inch SSE.
• the components used are listed in Table 1.
• the coextruded web emerged from the die through a shaped exit orifice and was subsequently quenched in a water bath, containing 1% wetting agent, having an actual water temperature of 8O 0 F.
• the resulting privacy film was cut in the cross-web direction with a razor blade. With the use of optical microscopy, it was determined that the base sheet was 74 micrometer thick.
• the light directing elements had a center-to-center spacing of 345 micrometer, a height of 605 micrometer, a width of 120 micrometer, and a cant angle of 70°. Almost the entire length of the light directing elements consisted essentially of a blend of 92 parts BASELL PRO-FAX 7523 and 8 parts CLARIANT white pigment concentrate, and that the base layer consisted essentially of BASELL PRO-FAX 7523.
• the resulting privacy film was cut in the cross-web direction with a razor blade. With the use of optical microscopy, it was determined that the base sheet was 90 micrometer thick.
• the light directing elements had a center-to-center spacing of 360 micrometer, a height of 700 micrometer, a width of 120 micrometer, and a cant angle of 54°. Almost the entire length of the light directing elements consisted essentially of a blend of 70 parts BASELL PRO-FAX 7523 and 30 parts CLARIANT white pigment concentrate, and that the base layer consisted essentially of BASELL PRO-FAX 7523.
• the coextruded web emerged from the die through a shaped exit orifice and was subsequently quenched in a water bath, containing 1% wetting agent, having an actual water temperature of 83°F.
• the resulting privacy film similar to that shown in Figure 3, was cut in the cross-web direction with a razor blade. With the use of optical microscopy, it was determined that the base sheet was 56 micrometer thick.
• the light directing elements had a center-to-center spacing of 340 micrometer, a height of 640 micrometer, a width of 130 micrometer, and a cant angle of 70°.
• the first region, lying distal to the first surface of the base sheet was 323 micrometer in height and consisted essentially of a blend of 96 parts BASELL PRO-FAX 7523 and 4 part black pigment concentrate.
• the second region proximate to the first surface of the base sheet was 190 micrometer in height and consisted essentially of 70 part BASELL PRO-FAX 7523 and 30 part CLARIANT white pigment concentrate.
• the third region lying immediately next to the first surface of the base sheet was 124 micrometer in height and consisted essentially of BASELL PRO-FAX 7523. The second region was sandwiched between the first and third regions.
• the resulting privacy film was cut in the cross-web direction with a razor blade. With the use of optical microscopy, it was determined that the base sheet was 145 micrometer thick.
• the light directing elements had a center-to-center spacing of 330 micrometer, a height of 670 micrometer, a width of 120 micrometer, and a cant angle of 55°.

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