Abstract A reflex reflector for retrodirecting illumination from the lamps of an approaching motor vehicle includes an array of interfitting V-block shaped cube corners having three mutually perpendicular reflecting faces within a frontal rectangular boundary. Each cube corner includes a first face bounded by a short side of the rectangle and the diagonals therefrom, a second face bounded by a long side and the diagonals therefrom including the diagonal common with the first face, and a third face bounded by the opposite short side and the diagonals therefrom including the diagonal common with the second face. In the array, the faces mate with the corresponding faces of juxtaposed adjacent cube corners to form a rectangular reflex strip. The reflector, when positioned vertically, redirects the intercepted illumination upwardly to the driver of the approaching vehicle.
A reflex reflector comprising: an array of interfitting Vblock shaped cube corners having three mutually perpendicular reflecting faces within a frontal rectangular boundary and intersecting at an apex, each of said cube corners including a first base bounded by a short side and the diagonals from the ends thereof to the apex, a second face bounded by a long side and the diagonals from the ends thereof to the apex including the diagonal common with the first face, and a third face bounded by the opposite short side and the diagonals from the ends thereof to the apex including the diagonal common with the second face, the individual faces mating in the array with the corresponding faces of juxtaposed adjacent cube corners to form a rectangular reflex strip.
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A reflex reflector comprising: an array of interfitting Vblock shaped cube corners having three mutually perpendicular reflecting faces within a frontal rectangular boundary and intersecting at an apex, each of said cube corners including a first base bounded by a short side and the diagonals from the ends thereof to the apex, a second face bounded by a long side and the diagonals from the ends thereof to the apex including the diagonal common with the first face, and a third face bounded by the opposite short side and the diagonals from the ends thereof to the apex including the diagonal common with the second face, the individual faces mating in the array with the corresponding faces of juxtaposed adjacent cube corners to form a rectangular reflex strip.