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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142100 | Animal crossing warning zone and method of applying it to a roadway This invention pertains to an animal crossing warning zone wherein a motorist is alerted that he or she is entering, passing through, and then exiting a section of roadway where wild animals, such as whitetail deer, have a tendency to cross the road. A method of app... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7942603 | Speed sensitive traffic control device A traffic control device includes a shell body and at least one receptacle located in the shell body. The receptacle includes a dilatant material. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7753616 | System, method and composition for adhering preformed thermoplastic traffic control signage to pavement The present disclosure relates to a system and permanent pavement marker for coating or bonding or both coating and bonding a first underlying substrate, wherein a second layer comprises a polyurea epoxy curable composition of about 200 centipoise which is bonded to... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7708493 | Modifiable display marker One aspect of the disclosure involves modifying a display marker at least partially by actuating an at least one positional display element. Another aspect of the disclosure involves modifying an effective positioning of at least one display marker relative to a sup... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7690861 | Temporary slurry markers Disclosed is a temporary pavement marker for pavement surface treatment of existing pavement. The temporary pavement marker may include a base configured to be placed against the existing pavement. An upright section may be connected to the base. The upright section... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7625152 | Prefabricated plastic raised rumble strips and edge line for roadways A roadway safety warning device, preferably in the form of a continuous, integrated, prefabricated, plastic, raised rumble strip (IPPRRS), preferably pigmented to serve as edge lines as well as a continuous shoulder rumble strip (CSRS), for roadways, including but n... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7607857 | Assured safe following distance highway markings The spacing of road markings is determined as a function of physical and/or environmental road conditions to provide a simple means for vehicle operators to maintain a safe following distance between motor vehicles. ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7484907 | Solar energy lane marking system A solar energy lane marking system for a road surface having at least a traffic lane includes a set of lane markers, and a solar energy collection arrangement. The lane markers are for spacedly providing on the road surface to define the traffic lane, wherein each o... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7413373 | Unitary body for reflective pavement marker Improved reflective pavement marker is disclosed having a unitary hollow structural body molded in situ about at least one pre-formed retro-reflective lens plate. The unitary structural body has a base surface partially sealed with a compatible sheet includes exteri... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7370981 | Cube corner retroreflector with limited range Retroreflective articles having cube corner elements are disclosed, with the dihedral angle errors of the cube corner elements selected to limit the visibility range of the retroreflective article. Also disclosed are methods for making the cube corner elements and t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370602 | Reflective arrowhead traffic sign apparatus with magnetic mounting A highly reflective arrowhead traffic sign is provided which exhibits an arrow shape to “aim” traffic away from a lane. A horizontal longitudinal member has at least one pair of arrow-shaped “wings” that extend beyond the outer boundary of the horizontal mem... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354218 | Portable traffic barrier system A system for repositioning an elongated traffic barrier utilizes a tow vehicle connected to one end of the elongated traffic barrier to exert a pulling force on the elongated traffic barrier and a drag connected at the other end of the elongated traffic barrier to e... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333631 | Landmark, apparatus, and method for effectively determining position of autonomous vehicles A landmark used to effectively determine the location of an autonomous vehicle, and a self-localization apparatus and method using the landmark are provided. In the self-localization method, first, first and second outer line information and shape information are ex... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7295682 | Lane recognition system A driving lane recognition system which can improve the lane recognition accuracy by stably detecting the various kinds of lane markers is disclosed. An image processing means 6 for image-processing a road image taken by a camera 5 has a plurality of d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7273328 | Emissive highway markers A highway marker and vehicle mounted detection system in which the highway marker includes LEDs of different colors that can be selected under different conditions, and non-visible light LEDs for transmitting information to passing vehicles and between highway marke... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7188582 | Personnel location control system with informational message presentation A personal placement and location control system for controlling movement of one or more individuals to a particular destination. The control system provides a plurality of rows of indicators spaced apart from one another for defining a pathway of movement and an en... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7182040 | Personnel guidance and location control system A personnel location control system for controlling and guiding a group of individuals in a selected path to a waiting point and then to an activity in advance of that waiting point. The system in one embodiment relies upon a plurality of disks or like guide path-fo... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169831 | Pavement marking composition comprising ceramic fibers The invention relates to a pavement marking composition comprising ceramic fibers. The ceramic fibers are preferably randomly dispersed within a polymeric material. The polymeric material preferably comprises a substantially non-crosslinked elastomer. The pavement m... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153056 | Road marker with reverse cups An improved road marker with a one piece shell and recesses containing elongated members with an undercut relief is provided. The road marker contains a retroreflective lens and a bottom surface with a plurality of the recesses protruding into the shell. The cross s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140803 | Passive traffic lane marking for on-board detection of lane boundary A system and process for detecting a traffic lane boundary before it is potentially violated by a moving vehicle traveling in the lane. Passive RF tags or labels are embedded in a paint stripe running along pavement. A sensor in the vehicle emits an RF signal at a f... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137754 | Road marking system A road-marking system has at least a first lighting module (4) provided in a road surface (1). The lighting module (4) is provided with a plurality of light emitting surfaces (14, 14′, . . . ). The lighting module (4) has connect... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125198 | Mobile work zone protection device A mobile work zone protection device includes a front carrier, a barrier beam assembly, and a rear carrier. In one embodiment, the barrier beam assembly includes two sets of telescoping beam structures. Each of these structures can rotate from one side of the device... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113098 | Animal accident reduction systems, methods, and apparatuses An animal accident reduction system, method, and apparatus. The apparatus including at least some of a housing having substantially the same external size and shape of a raised reflective pavement marker, at least one input detector located within the housing, at le... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108262 | Table game improvements Improvements for use with table games include a first set of improvements which allow a player of a table game to more securely hold a paddle used in playing the table game. A second set of improvements provides a visual barrier which obscures a player's view of a p... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106886 | Road white line recognition apparatus and method In road white line recognition apparatus and method, a road extended in a forward direction of a vehicle is photographed through a photographing device, a deflection luminance information when a luminance information of an image photographed by the photographing dev... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077600 | Multiple sensory road marking tape A roadway marking system, comprising a roadway marking tape and a plurality of spaced reflective roadway markers having a white reflective front surface, a red reflective rear surface and a elevated crest, is applied to an upper surface of a roadway. The roadway mar... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073974 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A system for forming and applying a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic particl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070294 | Paver light A paver light having a masonry structure with an aperture that has a substantially constant diameter from an exterior surface to an interior surface of the masonry structure, and a lighting fixture positioned within the aperture of the masonry structure. The lightin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066680 | Method of forming an inlaid pattern in an asphalt surface This application relates to a method of forming an inlaid pattern in an asphalt surface. The pattern may be selected for functional or decorative purposes. In one embodiment the method comprises the steps of providing a first template having a predetermined pattern;... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052202 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A process and apparatus for forming a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic parti... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7037033 | Process of manufacturing one-piece reflective pavement marker and method of making A reflective pavement marker is used for delineating roadways, having at least one retro-reflective face, including a plurality of cube-corner reflective elements. The marker may comprise two similar portions agglutinated to each other along a vertical back wall of ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025528 | Multi-sided unitary body for reflective pavement marker Improved multi-sided reflective pavement marker is disclosed having an integrally molded hollow structural body and two retro-reflective lens means for attachments. The lens means integrally includes retro-reflective cube corner elements within cell like area... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025527 | Highway marker A highway marker for implantation in a highway or roadway where a top surface of the marker is just above the roadway surface and is centered in a stripe that separates the lane or roadway from the lane or roadway shoulder. The highway marker includes an outer sleev... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018131 | Long life intelligent illuminated road marker Self-contained solar-powered long-life intelligent illuminated road markers are provided comprising a one-piece housing formed of optionally colored plastic capable of transmitting light. Light is reflected by reflective coating or generated internally by LED which ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011470 | Retractable speed bump A retractable speed bump helps control the speed of a vehicle traveling through a special speed zone such as a school zone or a road construction site. A housing is either buried in the roadway or is placed into a ramp that seats on top of the roadway, the housing h... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001100 | Monolithically formed one-piece reflective pavement marker A reflective pavement marker having a structural body and at least one retro-reflective face. The pavement marker having angled sides, each having a designated lower impact region, and a slanted finger grip region. The marker further having a base sealing sheet with... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979145 | Driveway gutter having flexible filler mat An improved driveway gutter having a flexible gutter mat bridging the trough in the gutter for improving driving over driveway gutters. The mat is made of flexible material such as heavy rubber. The mat is placed with its flat bottom bridging the gutter, and fastene... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6969214 | Process and apparatus for highway marking A process and apparatus for forming a coherent refractory mass on the surface of a road wherein one or more non-combustible materials are mixed with one or more metallic combustible powders and an oxidizer, igniting the mixture so that the combustible metallic parti... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957869 | Road marking removal system A bucket razor body has a coupling end and a scraping end facing away from the bucket. The coupling end has an upper and lower wall with a slot between the walls. The upper wall has threaded apertures with associated bolts for releasably coupling to front end loader... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955497 | Pavement marker A surface-mounted pavement marker is provided for secure attachment to a pavement surface by adhesive. The bottom surface of the pavement marker is divided into sectors, and a parallel array of grooves is formed in each sector. The grooves in each array are angularl... | 10/18/2005 |
