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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4253415 | Portable illuminated traffic light Roadway traffic and/or warning signs are provided with the construction thereof being such so as to provide flexible and/or pliable structures which are simultaneously lightweight for easy handling, but are of substantial strength. The signs of the invent... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4197807 | Collapsible traffic cone marker Disclosed herein is a collapsible traffic cone marker characterized by a cylindrical base portion having one open face, an upwardly extending spiral reflective marker capable of collapsing and nesting within the base portion, and a bolt mechanism which ca... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4186912 | Accident screen An accident screen kit comprises an elongated fabric screen of light-reflective material, preferably of alternating stripes. The material is in the form of an elongated strip which is supported at each end by a folding post of a light weight tubular plast... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4186913 | Barrier A barrier for use as a breakwater or highway safety divider having a reinforced resilient base in which are embedded a plurality of tires extending outwardly of said base and means for joining a plurality of said bases in line.... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4186426 | Emergency lighting device A chemiluminescent lightstick with an attached actuating device is stored inside a container having a hinged lid which opens for access to and for display of the lightstick. The container comprises clamping means by which the lightstick is held at a displ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4183317 | Versatile all purpose barricade structures The versatile all purpose barricade structures of this invention include a portable road sign unit which utilizes a triangular brace member or support bracket and collapsible legs with ring means for locking them in place. Hollow legs are utilized in conn... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4182063 | Signal display A sign assembly for motorist comprises an accordion folded sign element with each fold having a given message and which may be folded to expose the desired message with the sign element being mounted within a similar foldable holder so that the sign assem... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4157210 | Traffic channeling device A traffic channeling device for positioning on a highway in a normal traffic flow pattern. The channeling device comprises generally a paperboard shell structure which has formed on its lower portion, a plurality of flaps which are utilized in combination... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4157531 | Automobile emergency signal A signal lamp comprises a housing defining two openings of corresponding overall shape and size, and an electrical light source mounted in the housing to provide a light beam which leaves the housing by way of one of the openings. The lamp also comprises ... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4144833 | Emergency distress signal An emergency distress signal device for use on vehicles and the like having a semi-adaptable magnetic base member and a telescopic mast whose base is secured within said base member. The mast has a semi-circular, fixed loop at its peak for attachment of a... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4134643 | Foldable road reflector device A foldable reflector for roads and highways in which the reflecting member is mounted on a panel held vertically on a supporting base. The panel is abutted on both sides by hinged wire stands which are spring-loaded to bear against the panel so as to keep... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4124196 | Portable device for screening off an accident scene from view In a device for rapidly screening off a traffic accident site from view a non-transparent elongate sheet of a thin flexible material has one of its short ends secured to a spring-activated rod in the nature of a curtain rod on which the sheet is windable,... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4124197 | Safety traffic barrier A portable safety traffic barrier comprises a vertical hollow column of a thin flexible material upstanding from a base and a pair of vertically spaced substantially parallel hollow members of a resilient flexible material extending horizontally from the ... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4117455 | Self-righting roadway marking device A self-righting tippable roadway marking device includes a base member with a substantially spherical lower ground-engaging surface. A blind bore is formed in the base member centrally thereof and is adapted to releasably retain a staff element fixedly th... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4104980 | Collapsible road barrier The present invention is directed to a collapsible road barrier which includes at least one horizontal reflective member which is attached to the upper portion of four supporting legs. The four supporting legs are positioned in pairs with the upper portio... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4105190 | Safety device Barrier device consisting of a fluorescent strip of fabric supported on a stretchable cord.... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4083033 | Traffic control element A traffic barrel constructed of a lightweight material consisting of two elements that may be readily assembled and stabilized in position and readily separated upon a substantial impact. The traffic barrel may mount one or two warning lights for nighttim... | 04/04/1978 |
| 4080924 | Warning signal device A signal device is provided that includes a signal flag or reflector mounted at one end of an oscillating pole for providing visual identification of a hazard. The signal device is coated with light reflective material and is mountable to, for example, th... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4071224 | Traffic safety control module system A traffic safety control module system and more particularly a module system comprising two primary module configurations which may be selectively utilized to construct: barricades and channeling devices; vertical panels; systems which are acceptable and ... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4055840 | Reusable safety warning device A reusable safety warning device. A plurality of reflective strips of flexible material are adapted to protrude outwardly from an end of an elongate cylindrical body member and droop down to form a pompon-like reflector. A battery-powered light source is ... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4050401 | Barricade system A barricade system for erection in a jiffy comprises various interchangeable components for quickly and easily making up a barricade appropriate to the immediate situation.... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4038552 | Luminous safety device A safety device consists essentially of at least one octagonal plate which is provided on the opposed faces thereof with a luminous or light-reflective material. Each such plate is given connecting means cooperable to detachably secure the device to a sel... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4019271 | Method for manufacturing a display portion thereof A portable sign, and method for manufacturing a display portion thereof, useful on highway construction projects for alerting motorists to road repairs, hazards, and the like, that is arranged to be easily erected or taken down, with component parts that ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4006702 | Road buoy A road buoy generally comprises a weighted base and a collapsible marker portion. When the road buoy is in use, the collapsible portion, which is brightly painted for high visibility, is expanded to its full operational height. When the road buoy is being... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4004545 | Boundary marker A boundary marker or delineator is disclosed comprising an elongate hollow cylindrical pole member normally held in an upright position with respect to a base member by means of a solid flexible support member. The cylindrical pole member is filled with a... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3981263 | Blinking reflector signal device A blinking light reflector for imparting a flashing signal to a viewer is provided having a reflective or luminescent bulb which oscillates in position with respect to a cooperating reflective surface.... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3971331 | Plastic barricade panel A movable barricade for use at construction sites having supporting legs connected by rails and further having at least one of its rails formed by a panel of thermoplastic material having a flame-oxidized forward surface to which pressure sensitive adhesi... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3970033 | Portable reflector device A construction suitable for incorporation into a display device, reflector, or the like. The construction employs a closed loop of material having elongated side wall portions. The loop is generally cross sectionally H-shaped. A flange or the like may pro... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3967576 | Tetrapode for marking off purposes A portable traffic marker in the form of a tetrapod with one by hollow is disclosed. A counter sink may be formed in each of the other three legs shaped as a parabola. A plurality of this type of marker may be nested together by means of the hollow and co... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3952690 | Highway barricade A highway barricade which has an appearance similar to that of a large steel drum is formed of an organic polymer. The sidewalls of the barricade are slightly tapered to permit the nesting together of a plurality of similar units, and the base portion the... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3950873 | Support post for use with a plurality of traffic warning devices Hollow molded plastic support member for use in forming a variety of traffic warning devices has an inverted Y-shape which forms a pair of spaced angled legs and a vertical post portion. The post portion includes a pair of vertically elongated, spaced ape... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3949701 | Safety marker A highly visible safety marker having a moving element enhancing visibility along with luminescent colors, incorporating a foldable character, easily storable, which can be affixed to the interior of an automobile trunk lid providing static warning whenev... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3938465 | Signal device A signal device combining a fluorescent or phosphorescent light tube and a slip on holder and which is designed to be thrown or dropped from a vehicle as a warning marker. The light tube is preferably of the chemically actuated type and the holder prefera... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3934542 | Triangular folding reflective flare having weighted base A triagnular folding reflective flare is disclosed, of the type having a reflective lower member and two reflective side members which are connected together for relative movement between a triangular erected position and a folded position with the side m... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934540 | Barrier A barrier for use as a breakwater or highway safety divider having a reinforced concrete base in which are embedded a plurality of tires extending outwardly of said base and means for joining a plurality of said bases in line.... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934539 | Chemiluminescent foldable signal device A signal device combining a fluorescent or phosphorescent light tube and a ovel base to be thrown or dropped from a vehicle as a warning marker. The light tube may be of the chemically actuated type and the base preferably has four pivotally attached resil... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3933119 | Triangular signalling device A foldable triangular traffic signalling device including a collapsible body having first, second and third leg members connected together for movement between an erect triangle forming position in which each leg member constitutes one leg of a triangle a... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933118 | Chemiluminescent signal device A signal device combining a fluorescent or phosphorescent light tube and a eighted base designed to be thrown or dropped from a vehicle as a warning marker. The light tube is preferably of the chemically actuated type and the base preferably has four resil... | 01/20/1976 |
