US 12,286,738 B2
Article provided with reflective yarn as a safety mechanism
Ming-Hsien Yao, Taichung (TW); and Shun-Tai Yao, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to LIGHT TEXTILE INC., Taichung (TW)
Filed by LIGHT TEXTILE INC., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,746.
Application 18/337,746 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/836,640, filed on Jun. 9, 2022, granted, now 12,195,901.
Prior Publication US 2023/0399782 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. D05B 93/00 (2006.01)
CPC D05B 93/00 (2013.01) [D10B 2401/20 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0114 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article provided with reflective yarn comprising:
a sheet-shaped object with a front side and a bottom side located on a side opposite to the front side;
one or more than one upper threads sewn on the sheet-shaped object along a sewing direction and located on the front side of the sheet-shaped object;
at least one lower thread disposed on the bottom side of the object, the at least one lower thread and said one or more than one upper threads being connected with each other;
one or more than one reflective yarns with glass beads, said one or more than one reflective yarns being disposed on the front side of the sheet-shaped object without penetrating or passing through the object, said one or more than one reflective yarns being pressed and held on the front side of the object by said one or more than one upper threads; and
on the front side of the sheet-shaped object, said one or more than one reflective yarns form a plurality of reflective lines, and said reflective lines being kept apart with intervals.