Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
404012000 | Attenuated lane marker type | 34 |
20080286043 | Light Emitting Road Boundary Stone Using Solar Cell - Disclosed herein is a light emitting road boundary stone using a solar cell. More particularly, the light emitting road boundary stone includes a body, a solar cell unit mounted in an upper surface of the body and having a solar cell plate, a battery, and a circuit unit, and one or more light emitting units mounted in one or more lateral surfaces of the body and having lights to be turned on/off based on electricity supplied from the solar cell unit and other control conditions. The solar cell unit includes a lower fixing case embedded in the body of the boundary stone and an upper fixing case separably assembled to the lower fixing case. The light emitting road boundary stone has advertisement and propaganda functions, in addition to its essential delimitation function, via displaying images at any time of day or night. | 11-20-2008 |
20100172693 | DELINEATOR MOUNTING SYSTEM - A delineator mounting system has a coupler for mating a delineator having a cylindrical tubular lower end in a curb-like mount having a cavity with square cross-sections. | 07-08-2010 |
20100189497 | FLEXIBLE HINGE IN TRAFFIC CONTROL MARKER - A stiffening element located within a flexible hinge on a roadway marker for increasing the stiffness of the hinge and resiliency of the roadway marker. The stiffening element provides more spring to return the roadway marker back to a substantially erect position after being deflected, for example, by a vehicle. The stiffening element can be a formed from a hard material such as PVC and can have the shape of a ball, cylinder, puck, oblong, or other suitable shape. | 07-29-2010 |
20100316443 | Trail Marking System and Method - A plurality of biodegradable stakes for use as trail markers that are coated with a biodegradable coating comprised of an adhesive and a fluorescing compound for inserting into the ground such that the coated surface of the marker is exposed at various distances from each other such that the stakes glow when a source of ultra-violet light is present and thus form a route or trail by which a person can find their way to a point of interest even in low light conditions, while remaining unobtrusive so that one has difficulty seeing the stake without ultraviolet light and unless one is specifically looking for it thereby not detracting from the natural appearance of the location. | 12-16-2010 |
20100322708 | LIGHT GUIDE SYSTEM - A light guide system for receiving and transporting ambient light by means of light guides, which system comprises at least one light collecting unit for receiving light and light transporting means to transport the received light to a location remote from the unit, is described wherein the said light collecting unit comprises a number of light guides, the light receiving ends of which are arranged in a two dimensional array of rows and columns whilst downstream these ends the light guides stepwise compose to a number of outgoing transport light guides, which number is substantially lower than the number of light receiving ends and which transport light guides constitute said light transport means. The system has a large light-collecting capability and can be made very compact and is especially very suitable for a road marking system. | 12-23-2010 |
20110135386 | Apparatus for indicating the formation of ice on a road - Apparatus ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110182662 | FLEXIBLE ROUTE MARKER - A flexible marker post assembly having a base, first and second members of an elastomeric material secured to the base and extending upwardly therefrom, the first and second flexible members each having respective first and second side walls with a concave recess formed on each of the side walls, substantially rigid post mounted intermediate of an upper portion of the first and second flexible members with the post having a lower end secured to an upper portion of the first and second flexible members. The provision of concave recesses permits a better bending action when the post is struck at an angle. | 07-28-2011 |
20110182663 | TACTILE MARKER - A tactile marker that is formed at least predominantly from a plastics material and which comprises a head portion that is arranged to sit, in use, on a walkway surface and a depending stem that is formed integrally with the head portion and is arranged in use to locate as a press fit within a hole in the walkway. The depending stem is formed along at least a portion of its length with a plurality of barbs, and each barb has a generally annular land and a generally conical portion formed integrally with the land. The generally conical portion has a cross-section that reduces in diameter in a direction away from the head portion. | 07-28-2011 |
20120070227 | PAVEMENT MARKING ARRANGEMENT - A method of marking pavement includes applying a first layer of liquid tar to the pavement. The layer has a thickness of approximately between 0.01 inch and 0.1 inch, and a width of approximately between one inch and six inches. A layer of rubber is placed on top of and centered on the layer of tar. The layer of rubber has at least one vertically-oriented throughhole sized to allow liquid tar to flow therethrough. A second layer of liquid tar and reflective elements is applied on top of the layer of rubber sheet. Enough time is allowed to pass for the first and second layers of tar to cool and become solidified. Paper is adhered to a top surface of the second layer of tar and/or reflective elements. The paper and an adjacent portion of the pavement is painted over to thereby form a painted marking. | 03-22-2012 |
20140270941 | PAVEMENT MARKER - A pavement marker includes a plastic base having an exposed upper surface, a reflector supported by the plastic base, and a metal rub rail coupled to the plastic base. The rub rail has an exposed rub surface positioned above the exposed upper surface of the plastic base. Methods of making and installing a pavement marker are also provided. | 09-18-2014 |
404013000 | Discrete interfitted element | 7 |
20100104361 | MANUFACTURED ROAD MARKER FOR PEDESTIRAN CROSSING AND ALL KINDS OF ROADWAYS - The invention relates to road markers for pedestrian crossings and roadways. A plurality of frame structures consisting of rods are connected by cross members, said frame structures being close to each other lengthwise and crosswise in order to obtain manufactured-items made up of a plurality of solid color porcelainized stoneware blocks, said blocks being further slidable inside the above mentioned frame structures employing said rods as guide members. | 04-29-2010 |
20100135722 | TRAFFIC CONTROL MARKER WITH DELINEATOR AND GROUND STAKE - A traffic control assembly for marking roadways or other marking areas is shown generally having a base, a stake, a pin, a collar, and a flexible marker that extends substantially vertically from the base when in a non-impacted and non-deformed state. The pin passes through pin holes in the stake, collar, and marker when the traffic assembly is installed. The traffic control assembly has fewer parts and is thus easier to install and replace. The pin is in contact with the base to provide support to the stake and prevent it from listing when the assembly is struck by a vehicle. | 06-03-2010 |
20100272510 | Illuminated groove seals for pathways - A smart groove seal integrating a communication system within a groove seal used to seal expansion joints and grooves formed in pathways or roadways. One embodiment of the smart groove seal embeds one or more illumination sources that emits visible and/or infrared light into a clear elastomeric expansion joint seal. The communication system includes an expansion joint seal having a selectable array on one or more light sources (such as LEDs and/or OLEDs) positioned within the expansion joint seal, a power supply, and a controller. The smart groove seal enhances the lighting of lanes on vehicular and pedestrian roadways and/or provides vehicular or roadway information to vehicular operators. | 10-28-2010 |
20110085855 | ROAD MARKER WITH NONPLATED LENS - A pavement road marker is provided mounted to a road having a main shell or body having a top portion. The top portion of the body being generally planar and including a lens mounted thereon. The lens is mounted within the body so that the plane created by the lens is beneath the plane created by the planar surface of the body portion. The assembly further includes an inner cavity having a first surface and a first opening. The first opening is oppositely disposed from the top portion. The first surface of the inner cavity includes various structural elements such as protrusions, legs, or dimples. The protrusions, legs, and dimples increase surface area to improve adhesion of potting to the inner surface of the housing to fill the cavity of the housing. The legs having a lateral surface which extend on a plane normal to an outer surface of the body. | 04-14-2011 |
20130287493 | MARKER FOR PERMEABLE PAVER - A marker for attachment to a permeable paver that includes a structure having a plurality of honeycombed, hexagon-shaped cells with upstanding sidewalls, the sidewall of each cell having an upper surface and a lower surface, an inner surface and an outer surface, and a thickness, the marker comprising a generally planar cap having a substantially hexagonal perimeter that is dimensioned to span across a hexagon-shaped cell of the paver such that the perimeter of the cap substantially matches the outer surface of the sidewalls of the cell. | 10-31-2013 |
20160097171 | STACKABLE BARRIER - A stackable barrier unit includes: an elongate main body having a top surface, a bottom surface, longitudinal ends, and two sidewalls each having an upper margin joined to the top surface a lower margin extending tower than the bottom surface of the main body. A base width defined between lower outer margins of the sidewalls is greater than a top width of the top surface. Engagement extensions having engagement features extend from the longitudinal ends for linking two or more barrier units together. The engagement features may include a tapered pin and a hole. A rib may connect the first sidewall to the second sidewall below the bottom surface. A channel may be formed in the top surface of the main body directly above and parallel to the at least one rib. | 04-07-2016 |
20160138229 | TRAFFIC CONTROL MARKER INCLUDING A REINFORCED RETAINING MEMBER - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a traffic control assembly, which includes a base selectively mountable adjacent a roadway, a flexible tubular member coupled to the base, a reinforced retaining member, and a retaining pin. In accordance with at least one embodiment, the reinforced retaining member, when positioned in a recess in the base, is configured to secure the flexible tubular member to the base. | 05-19-2016 |
404014000 | Impregnated with reflective material | 17 |
20080232903 | Pavement marker, kit and method - A kit containing thermoplastic pavement markers for convenience in transportation and application at a jobsite. The pavement markers have light colored projections on the upper surface to deflect water and reflect light for ease in viewing during rain, darkness and other adverse conditions. The method describes the application of the pavement markers on a road or other substrate for strong adhesion to asphalt and concrete. | 09-25-2008 |
20080253833 | Agglomerated retroreflective beads for highway marking and methods for fabrication and use thereof - A retroreflective device securable to a highway by bonding thereto preferably with a viscous strip applied to the highway prior to solidifying cure of the strip includes a generally globular glass central member, a desirably pigmented adhesive layer over the central member and a plurality of peripheral globular glass members connected to the central member by the pigmented adhesive layer. A method for fabricating the retroreflective device is also disclosed. | 10-16-2008 |
20090041541 | Recessed snowplowable pavement marker - A recessed snowplowable reflective pavement marker is mounted in a shallow elongated groove in a highway surface to expose the marker to headlights of oncoming motor vehicles. The marker has a plastic housing with a pocket for holding the reflector and two sidewalls that support positioning tabs to overlie the uncut pavement. These tabs maintain markers at a fixed depth below the pavement. Two other upstanding sidewalls extend laterally in the groove and terminate at the lower edge of the reflective area of the reflector. These sidewalls prevent adhesive from entering the reflector pocket. The function of the positioning tabs and lateral sidewalls plus the requirement that headlights need only illuminate this reflective area and not the reflector's non reflective base serve to reduce groove depth by 50% less than prior art. This lightweight plastic housing and shallower groove reduce installation costs and enhance marker safety and performance. | 02-12-2009 |
20090060652 | Concrete element with high-visibility refracting and reflecting surface - The invention is a new concrete element (Z) for road marking and outdoor paving having a solid three-dimensional form, with bottom surface (F) resting on surface (S) at least one housing or basin (V) is obtained for containing a layer of refracting mixture (M) comprising in turn a plurality of spheres or microspheres (R) mixed with a hardening support resin or glue (C). | 03-05-2009 |
20090097915 | Low Profile Road Marker Protector - Disclosed is a protector for a retro-reflective road marker mounted on a road that includes a top surface that has a generally flat region and a bottom surface oppositely disposed from the top surface. The generally flat region has an opening where the retro-reflective road marker can be at least partially mounted to the protector by deforming studs located along the perimeter of the opening such that the retro-reflective road marker is moveable independent from the protector. The protector is made from a moldable polymer and the top surface is operable to protect the road reflector from motor vehicle tires passing thereover. | 04-16-2009 |
20090304444 | Signaling Point Module For Use On The Road Surface - A module manufactured in colors which are not altered by use as they are inherent to the constitutive material thereof, in order to conform—with a succession thereof—traces delineating lanes, restricted areas, indicative arrows and other graphisms applicable to traffic signaling on roads, streets, gas stations, parking lots, etc., said module having a troncoconical conformation and a very reduced height, the upper base thereof having a diameter significantly lower than the one of the bottom base, in such a way that the enveloping face thereof is substantially a downward annulus slightly inclined towards the outer perimeter, the center thereof having a vertical orifice with a beveled upper entrance, wherein the milled head of a screw is hold, in such a way that the module is fixed on its bottom base supported onto the surface by passing the clamp screw through said orifice so as to insert the opposite end thereof into another orifice made on the road surface, provided with an expandable anchor screw, a bit or a similar anchor means, thus assuring on the basis of said conformation, constitutive material and anchor means, that ongoing traffic stepping thereonto will not cause any transversal forces resulting in alteration of positioning and coloration thereof. | 12-10-2009 |
20100098488 | Solar Powered Road Marker Light - Embodiments of a solar powered road marker light disclosed that is self-powered and self-illuminating, producing high intensity illumination with relatively low energy consumption and which generates its own energy requirements in an environmentally friendly manner. The indicator is also quickly and easily installed on virtually any conventional road divider, marker, sign, traffic barrier, traffic control device, etc., and has low maintenance demands. | 04-22-2010 |
20100104362 | Surface Stripe - A profiled traffic stripe, method of manufacture and apparatus for applying a traffic stripe to a surface comprising a comb gate for permitting marking compound to be released through a comb for a contoured or profiled traffic stripe. | 04-29-2010 |
20100119303 | REFLECTIVE MARKER FOR TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES & APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Embodiments of the invention are directed to reflective markers for traffic-control devices and applications thereof. In one embodiment, a reflective marker comprises a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive adjacent an adhesive-backed sheet. The layer of pressure sensitive adhesive may comply with national, state or local government ordinances related to traffic control buttons, pedestrian crossing features, site accessibility and exterior routes of travel. In one embodiment, the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive may include a first border extending along an upper edge of the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive, a second border extending along a lower edge of the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive, and a center portion located between the inner edges of the first and second borders. | 05-13-2010 |
20110262226 | ROAD MARKER WITH SOLID BODY AND LENS PROTECTION - A road marker configured to withstand the force of a tire of a vehicle travelling over the road marker is provided. The road marker includes at least one lens, and a body having a trapezoidal cross section. The body includes a flat top, a bottom wall, a pair of angled sides with pockets for the lenses, and a pair of rounded ends. A pocket is disposed on each of the angled sides. The pocket is formed to receive the lens. Each pocket extends from the top to the bottom wall and from one of the pair of rounded ends to the other of the pair of rounded ends. A plurality of vertical exterior ribs which extend beyond the exposed surface of the lens to provide a gap between the lens surface and the tire. | 10-27-2011 |
20120275857 | SELF-CLEANING DELINEATOR - Various self-cleaning delineator embodiments incorporate a delineator design that includes a shell portion, a core disposed inside the shell portion, and a reflective sheet coupled to an outer surface of the core. A wind turbine mounted on or in the delineator energizes a mechanical energy storage device, such as a spring, in response to wind or other air movement. A drive mechanism couples to the storage device and is adapted to use energy from the storage device to provide relative rotational motion between the shell portion and the core. A cleaning material disposed on an inner surface of the shell contacts the reflective sheet such that the relative rotational motion between the shell portion and the first core causes the cleaning material to slide across the reflective sheet to remove debris therefrom. The drive mechanism may include an escapement mechanism to limit the rotational motion to a maximum speed. | 11-01-2012 |
20120315087 | METHODS FOR FABRICATION AND HIGHWAY MARKING USAGE OF AGGLOMERATED RETROREFLECTIVE BEADS - A retroreflective device securable to a highway by bonding thereto preferably with a viscous strip applied to the highway prior to solidifying cure of the strip includes a generally globular glass central member, a desirably pigmented adhesive layer over the central member and a plurality of peripheral globular glass members connected to the central member by the pigmented adhesive layer. A method for fabricating the retroreflective device is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
20130011193 | MULTI-APPLICATION APPARATUS, METHODS AND SURFACE MARKINGS - In various embodiments, a multi-application apparatus may be configured to be mounted on a vehicle. The multi-application apparatus may include a sprayer configured to apply a profileable material to an area of a driving surface during a pass of the vehicle by the area to create a first marking. The multi-application apparatus may also include an applicator configured to apply the profileable material to at least a portion of the area of the driving surface during the same pass of the vehicle by the area to create a second marking. The second marking may have a more varied profile than the first marking In various embodiments, the multi-application apparatus may include controls that enable independent control of various parameters during operation. In various embodiments, profileable material forming the second marking is at least partially fused with the profileable material forming the first marking | 01-10-2013 |
20130039700 | DELINEATOR WITH CORE/SHELL CONSTRUCTION - A traffic delineator comprises a core/shell construction which can help to protect reflective sheeting in the delineator from tampering and vandalism. The delineator may include an outer shell, and an inner core that fits inside the outer shell. Further, a reflective sheet may be applied to an outer surface of the core, the sheet having one or more edges. Aperture(s) may be formed in the outer shell to provide a window region, the window region adapted to expose at least some of the reflective sheet when the inner core is positioned inside the shell. The window region may be configured to avoid exposing at least some of, and in some cases any of, the one or more edges of the sheet. In such cases, the outer shell proximate the window region may cover some, or all, of the sheet edge(s) so that such sheet edge(s) are less accessible to vandals. | 02-14-2013 |
20130230354 | MULTI-APPLICATION APPARATUS, METHODS AND SURFACE MARKINGS - In various embodiments, a multi-application apparatus may be configured to be mounted on a vehicle. The multi-application apparatus may include a sprayer configured to apply a profileable material to an area of a driving surface during a pass of the vehicle by the area to create a first marking. The multi-application apparatus may also include an applicator configured to apply the profileable material to at least a portion of the area of the driving surface during the same pass of the vehicle by the area to create a second marking. The second marking may have a more varied profile than the first marking. In various embodiments, the multi-application apparatus may include controls that enable independent control of various parameters during operation. In various embodiments, profileable material forming the second marking is at least partially fused with the profileable material forming the first marking. | 09-05-2013 |
20140321911 | Durable, Thick Waterborne Latex Paint Compositions for Highway Markings - A highway marking paint is provided formed from a waterborne latex paint and porous silica. The silica enables the paint to achieve sufficient viscosity to permit the application of a highway marking of at least 40 mil and preferably at least 120 mil. The highway marking paint can also include retroreflective glass beads. Optionally, the highway marking paint further includes an acrylic polymer emulsion. | 10-30-2014 |
20160154149 | AGGLOMERATED RETROREFLECTIVE BEADS FOR PAVEMENT MARKING AND METHODS FOR FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF | 06-02-2016 |