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| 7268340 | Wide-angle sensor system with a cube corner reflector, and production of the molds A wide angle reflector which can work in conjunction with a wide-angle sensor system for testing the wide angle reflector. In this case, reflex sensors transmit light onto a cube corner part surface, and measure the retro-reflected light. If the direction of irradia... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7235280 | Non-intrusive photogrammetric targets A target for use in photogrammetric analysis that does not distort the object to be analyzed has been developed. The target is formed by mixing a diffuse material with a solvent and then applying the mixture to the surface of the object to be analyzed. The object is... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7147400 | Road marking system The road-marking system is described for influencing a flow of traffic consisting of vehicles traveling over a roadway. The road-marking system comprises a plurality of road marking units. The road marking units are provided with at least one light source for emitti... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7101109 | Knob lock mechanism with slot A stand knob lock is employed to connect a stand plate and a neck frame of an LCD monitor. The stand plate has an opening and two holders. It also includes two ribs and two pins around the opening. The stand knob includes a shaft and two flanges on one side and an â... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6887011 | Pavement marker with enhanced daytime signal A pavement marker includes a base and at least one lens with retroreflective areas aligned to reflect headlights back toward a vehicle for producing a nighttime signal. The lens and/or the base are formed from resins that include a fluorescent material. At least a p... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6828005 | Wear-resistant composite and method for producing the composite A composite on the surface of a substrate, and a method for producing the composite are disclosed. The composite includes a first coating, reflective beads, and a clear coating. The method for preparing the composite includes the stepwise application of coating comp... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6511256 | Pavement marker with improved daytime visibility and fluorescent durability A pavement marker having improved daytime visibility comprises a transparent fluorescent top portion having a top surface and a front edge. Light received by the top surface of the top portion results in light being directed internally through the top por... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6361174 | Highway traffic warning reflector A highway traffic warning reflector comprises a conventional collapsible shopping bag having highly reflective outer surfaces and support means for maintaining the bag upright when opened and placed with its bottom on the ground adjacent a roadway. The su... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6305874 | Road-marking complex and system for marking roads A first road marking unit with a first base plate is provided with a first light source, and a second road-marking unit with a second base plate is provided with a second light source. A view angle of 0.1ࣘࣘ8° is formed between an interconnecti... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6168276 | Road safety reflector A road safety reflector assembly has a pair of oppositely disposed finger cradles with a hollow, reinforceable housing, which has one or two reflectors mounted therein.... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5825544 | Road surface light reflector A road surface light reflector is provided for use in complementary recesses in roads, to indicate the position of centerlines or sidelines on roads in a nocturnal environment by reflecting the light emitted by the headlights of incoming vehicles. The ref... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5791605 | Railroad signaling method and apparatus A railroad signaling device for conveying information to a train engineer comprises a pylon adapted to be secured to a cross tie of the railroad track at a location to be passed over by a train as the train moves down the track. The pylon has front and re... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5774265 | Durable retroreflective elements All-ceramic retroreflective elements which may be used in pavement markings comprising an opacified ceramic core and ceramic optical elements partially embedded into the core.... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5703719 | Reflector road sign with self-provided light means A reflector road sign including a reflector body made of a tempered glass having Fe2 O3 content below 0.3%, a casing made to receive the reflector body, a solar lighting system installed in the reflector body, the solar lighting syst... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5680033 | Solar powered warning device A solar energy powered flashing device includes a light-transmitting, dome-like cover inside which a high efficiency solar energy plate and a circuit board connected to the solar energy plate are received and fixed by a bottom plate attached to the cover.... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5557461 | Omnidirectional retro-reflective roadway marker and the like A novel roadway or similar marker strip having preferably retro-reflective-beaded protuberances in a critical "herringbone"-like pattern that provides a surprising degree of azimuthal uniform omindirectionality of light reflected from the strip.... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5502593 | Compact pavement marker A low profile pavement marker having a glass bead type reflector and an inclined top surface is disclosed. Flanges extend from a peripheral surface on the face and from the rear of the reflector for engagement with epoxy for mounting the pavement marker t... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5397617 | Reflective road sign A reflective road sign made of a transparent tempered glass consisted of a cylindrical base, and a dome connected above the cylindrical base, the cylindrical base having a peripheral outside wall coated with an inner layer of light-permeable color coverin... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5365372 | Reflector road sign A reflector road sign includes a reflector body received within a casing, the reflector body being made of a tempered glass and having the lower half part covered with a reflector paper, the casing having a corrugated inside surface covered with a layer o... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5305705 | Collapsible road marker and method A traffic marker body defined by a conical spiral arm (16) mounted for collapse into a flat core held in matching recess (22) in a base (12) by means of an automatic locking mechanism including a latch member (24) with friction reducing rollers (34, 36) t... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5237449 | Biased lenticular sign system A highway sign includes a reflective back surface and a biased lenticular lens front surface for reflecting light back in the direction of the original light source. The reflective back surface preferably comprises a plurality of corner cubic reflectors a... | 08/17/1993 |
| 4737049 | Roadway reflector device A roadway reflector device to be embedded in a roadway but with the reflector element thereof projecting partly above the roadway surface, to be seen by oncoming motorists and used as a guide. The reflector element is elongated and of circular shape, in c... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4717281 | Road marker system and method of installation A road marker having a stiff but resilient body including a cavity formed therein to receive a suitable adhesive material for securing the marker to the road surface, and adaptable for the inclusion of one or more apertures in said body to receive one or ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4659248 | Self cleaning pavement marker A self-cleaning pavement marker adapted to be installed in a groove below the plane of the driving surface of an associated roadway to provide a retroreflective light signal visible to an oncoming vehicle. The marker comprises an integrally formed elastom... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4653955 | Retroreflective device having curved retroreflective surface There is disclosed a highway lane divider and road marker, having a relatively low profile, characterized by the inventive feature of a unidirectionally curved retroreflective element, as opposed to planar retroreflective elements used heretofore.... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4566820 | Catseye mountings A "catseye" mounting has a base 2 of circular cross-section enabling it to be mounted readily and securely within a circular hole 9 formed in a road surface using a core-drilling machine. The machine can cut a larger upper recess 8 which receives a rim 3 ... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4416510 | Retroreflective structure and method of manufacturing the same An improved retroreflective structure designed to be associated to a roadway pavement principally for improving nighttime visibility of traffing regulating signs and areas, formed from selectively dividing a primary calandered and printed material, the st... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4340319 | Pavement marker Disclosed herein is a pavement marker for engagement with an underlying roadway for providing a marking visible from an oncoming vehicle on the roadway surface. The pavement marker comprises a lens member of light-transmitting synethetic resin including a... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4284365 | Reflective lane marker for roadways This invention describes a reflective lane marker for roads which is mounted so that the upper surface of the marker is flush with the road surface. It is so arranged as to reflect light from headlights back in the same general direction from which it com... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4236788 | Direction-indicating surface marker strip for roadways and the like This disclosure is concerned with providing a marker strip for attachment to roadways and other surfaces, comprising an upper layer of spaced transverse prisms and a lower layer of retroreflective sheeting, providing direction color discrimination, where ... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4237191 | Bonded road studs A non-depressible bonded road stud is rectangular in plan and comprises a body portion having a substantially flat upper face and four substantially upright side faces sloping downwardly from the side edges of the upper face onto a basal plinth portion. T... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4234265 | Light transmitting roadway marker A roadway lane marker has a translucent body to receive light from a vehicle's headlights on its back window, the light being transmitted through the marker body to illuminate its front face. A plurality of such markers, implanted at spaced intervals alon... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4136990 | Highway marker A highway marker comprises a metallic body of rectangular shape adapted for nesting and enclosure within a recess formed in a roadway. Said body has upright side and end walls and a flat bottom wall and with opposed downwardly and inwardly inclined inner ... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4127348 | Road studs The body of a road stud has oppositely directed presented faces each of which includes a central portion in which reflective elements are disposed and outer protective skirt portions which are inclined to the horizontal at a smaller acute angle than the c... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4069787 | Direction-indicating surface marker and the like A distinctively and unambiguously marking of the directions of travel on motoring highways, airports and other surfaces with the aid of a thin novel saw-tooth marker strip that is adhered to the traveling surface and has distinctively colored successive s... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4040760 | Direction-indicating surface marking apparatus for roadways and the like This disclosure is concerned with distinctively and unambiguously marking the directions of travel on motoring highways, airports and other surfaces with the aid of a thin novel saw-tooth marker strip that is adhered to the traveling surface and has disti... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4035059 | Low-profile raised retroreflective pavement marker A low-profile raised retroreflective pavement marker that resists loosening and removal from a paved surface comprises a flat dead-soft base sheet and at least one elastically deformable retroreflector attached to one face of the base sheet so as to exten... | 07/12/1977 |
