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Patterns Having Variable Colors
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pattern having variable colors. Especially,
the
present invention can be applied to soft materials such as wearing apparels or
household
cloths in which the pattern is added to increase the decorative effect.
Further, with the
change of the viewing angle, the viewer can get distinct visual feelings of
variable colors.
2. Description of Prior Art
Many apparels or household cloths are additionally provided with various
decorations
thereon. For example, the addition of the patterns is one of the most common
ways. The
patterns are presented on the surface of the cloth by embroidering or
printing, thereby to
emphasize its unique style and satisfy the relish and demand of customers.
In order to outstand the visual effect of the pattern, the colors, materials
and processing
manners of the patterns are important factors having an influence on the
representation of the
patterns. Therefore, many manufacturers aim to develop novel and improved
manners for
representing the patterns.
Since the pattern on the cloth still belongs to a static design, when the
pattern and its
colors are viewed from different angles, only the shape of the pattern may be
changed due to
the individual viewing angle. However, the pattern itself still represents a
stiff and toneless
visual effect. In view of this, although the manufacturers in this art have
continuously tried
to find a feasible solution, there is no ideal solution so far.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the toneless visual effect represented by the patterns on the
wearing apparels
and household cloths, the object of the present invention is to provide a
pattern capable of
providing a vivid and variable visual effect.
According to the above objects, the present invention provides a pattern
utilizing the
interference of color. The pattern is constituted of decorative blocks
provided on a cloth or
soft material and a layer of transparent film covering on the decorative
blocks. The surface
of the transparent film is formed with refracting ripples. With the above
arrangement, when
the decorative blocks are viewed from different angles, they seem to have
variable colors
with the refraction caused by the transparent film.
The following embodiments describe the characteristics and advantages of the
present
invention in detail, so that those skilled in this art can implement the
present invention by
utilizing the technical content thereof and easily understand the object and
advantages of the
present invention in view of the disclosure, claims and drawings thereof.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing that the pattern of the present invention
is applied on
clothes;
Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the pattern of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a partially cross-sectional view showing the pattern of the present
invention;
and
Fig. 4 is a partially cross-sectional view showing the pattern of the present
invention and
schematically showing the pattern viewed from different angles.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to further understand the objects, structure and functions of the
present
invention, the preferred embodiments thereof will be described in detailed as
follows.
First, with reference to Fig. 1, it is a schematic view showing that the
pattern of the
present invention is applied on clothes. Further, Fig. 2 is a plan view
showing the pattern of
the present invention. As shown in the figures, the pattern 10 can be designed
by
comprising various decorative stripes, colors and the combination thereof, and
is not limited
to the specific design shown in the drawings. Further, the pattern 10 can be
attached on the
clothes 20 by printing, drawing or any suitable processing manners. Further,
in addition to
the clothes 20, the pattern 10 can be applied to other soft materials on which
the pattern can
be attached.
With reference to Fig. 3, the pattern 10 of the present invention includes
decorative
blocks 12 with arbitrary designs and a transparent film 14 covering on the
decorative blocks
12. The transparent film 14 can be made of flexible and transparent materials,
so that the
soft material combined with the transparent film 14 can still exhibit its
softness in use.
The surface of the transparent film 14 is formed with a plurality of
refractive ripples 142
to form a plurality of transparent strips 144 parallel to each other. The
refractive ripples 142
can be the stripped ripples or annular ripples. Further, two kinds of ripples
or more can be
utilized depending on the shape variation of the decorative blocks 12.
In order to cooperate with the transparent strips 144 provided on the
transparent film 14,
each of the decorative blocks 12 can be correspondingly provided with
different colors Cl,
C2 on both sides of each transparent strip 144. In this way, the transparent
strip 144 can
exhibit a color-refracting effect with respect to the decorative block 12, so
that the pattern 10
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represents different colors when a viewer views the pattern from the different
viewing angles
A, B and C in Fig. 4.
According to the above, the present invention is a pattern 10 combined with a
transparent film 14. With the refracting effect of the transparent film 14,
the decorative
blocks 12 can represent a vivid visual effect when viewed from different
angles.
In practice, since the decorative blocks 12 should be correspondingly provided
with
different colors C1, C2 on both sides of each transparent strip 144 so as to
visually generate a
variation of color. If the pattern should be designed to have a region
partially incapable of
changing colors, alternatively, as shown in Fig.2, the pattern 10 can be
designed to include
multiple-colored blocks 122 capable of generating refraction and variation of
colors by
means of the transparent film 14 and single-colored blocks 124 incapable of
generating
refraction and variation of colors by means of the transparent film 14.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the
foregoing
preferred embodiments, it will be understood that the invention is not limited
to the details
thereof. Various equivalent variations and modifications can still be occurred
to those
skilled in this art in view of the teachings of the present invention. Thus,
all such variations
and equivalent modifications are also embraced within the scope of the
invention as defined
in the appended claims.
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