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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162492 | Foldable delineator A foldable delineator comprises: a fixing plate (100) installed at a guardrail or a protective wall and having one or more first hinge coupling portions (110) formed by bending corners thereof; a pivotal plate (200) at which a reflective panel f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7850317 | Guardrail block and reflector system A guardrail block includes an attachable support for signage, such as a reflector. The reflector may be mountable on the support, and the support may be integrated with a base or may be separate and attached to the base. For example, a support may be snap fit into t... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7300165 | Guardrail reflector/delineator and mounting device therefor The invention provides new reflective markers, reflectors, and delineators with a variety of mounting apparatuses for attaching the same onto standard guardrails in an efficient and effortless manner, without affecting the safety feature, display utility, and visibi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7086766 | Resin member and vehicle lighting apparatus A half-mirror evaporated layer is formed by spattering all over a front face of a resin substrate, and at the front faces of the reflector parts, aluminum evaporated layers are further formed to be reflecting mirror faces on the half-mirror evaporated layer, while a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059266 | Reflective warning and locator collar for hydrants, pylons and support posts A reflective warning and locating collar for fire hydrants, pylons or support posts to improve their visibility and identity, the collar having a support member defined by a flexible extruded web having flanges along the longitudinal edges to define a channel slot f... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6558010 | Reflecting mirror An attaching part of a reflecting mirror is fixed to a guardrail of a road. A solar cell device of a solar-powered light emitter accumulates electricity produce by sunlight of the daytime, and a light emitting diode emits light at nighttime. When a front ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6558011 | Reflective marker The present invention provides a reflective marker such as is used to delineate the location of a road, driveway or parking area. A reflective marker according to the invention includes a support post and a head fastened to the support post. The head incl... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6367936 | Road-curve mirror with radio wave reflection plate A movable body detecting device and a road-curve mirror with a radio wave reflection plate for allowing a reception side movable body present at a position where the movable body is hidden from a transmission side movable body to accurately receive movabl... | 04/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6290362 | Delineator capable of reflecting oblique incident light beam A delineator easily recognized by the driver even when attached at a moderate curve of a road includes colorless transparent reflectors attached inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to an aluminum base and amber transparent reflectors attached incl... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6264334 | Road-curve mirror with radio wave reflection plate A movable body detecting device and a road-curve mirror with a radio wave reflection plate for allowing a reception side movable body present at a position where the movable body is hidden from a transmission side movable body to accurately receive movabl... | 07/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6084709 | Delineator capable of reflecting oblique incident light beam A delineator easily recognized by the driver even when attached at a moderate curve of a road includes colorless transparent reflectors attached inclined by a prescribed angle with respect to an aluminum base and amber transparent reflectors attached incl... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5822119 | Retroreflective sheeting material, a method of its production and its use A retroreflective sheeting material comprising at least one retroreflective optical system (200, 300, 400) consisting of an entrance transmission optical element (201, 301) for receiving and focusing incident electromagnetic radiation from an irradiation ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5818640 | Sign illumination system and method This relates to a system for and method of illuminating a sign, so that drivers and observers may easily recognize and read the sign and billboard. The apparatus employs an external illumination source that is easy to inspect and maintain. The illuminatio... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5731766 | Route guide system and method A route guide system for making guidance of the traveling direction in the sight field of the driver during traveling. The road guide plate is provided in front of a turning point. This road guide plate emits light differing in flash timing according to t... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5731895 | Post mounted reflector A reflective element mountable to a post comprises a body member having an internal keyway formed therein for sliding over the post. A bore is provided, preferably transversely through the body member, and is dimensioned to receive either a pin or a bolt ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5320446 | Wild animal highway warning reflector This invention describes the design and method of installation of wild animal highway warning reflectors. The reflector consists of a transparent plate having a flat light entrance surface and a backside reflection surface from which the reflected light i... | 06/14/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5196961 | Wind-actuated flashing road sign A road sign includes: a rotor disk rotatably mounted on a frame having a retroreflective sheet formed on a first surface of the rotor disk capable of reflecting any incident light projecting onto the retroreflective sheet for forming a bright surface of s... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5130848 | Passive railroad crossing warning system A passive railroad crossing warning device has two input optical windows that receive light from the headlight of an oncoming locomotive. The light is redirected to an output optical window where a combiner causes it to exit at a predetermined angle to ma... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5023451 | Indicia contrast enhancement for vehicle borne infrared vision system In conjunction with a vehicle borne infrared receiver, sign indicia are defined by infrared reflective surfaces oriented so as to reflect infrared radiation to the receiver from a contrast enhancing source of radiation such as the sky and/or the ground th... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4801193 | Retroreflective sheet material and method of making same A retroreflective sheeting has microretroreflective formations on one surface which are partially metallized and partially exposed to the atmosphere about them. It is produced by forming a coating on microprism surface, and this coating includes a thin me... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4779955 | 360 Degree reflector device A reflective device for providing 360 degrees of reflective surface to an attached support post having only forward and rearward faces suitable for viewing. The device comprises an elongate, hollow tubular body having a top rim, intermediate side wall and... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4463702 | Warning devices A warning device, especially suitable for road-side use, comprises a rotor arranged to rotate about a substantially vertical axis, the rotor including three equi-angularly spaced apart cups arranged to drive the rotor in response to wind. Each cup is typi... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4429958 | Relatively wide angle telephoto type lens system A wide angle telephoto type lens system is provided having from object to image side a first positive lens component, a second negative lens component, a third positive lens component, a fourth positive lens component, and a rearmost fifth negative lens c... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4364634 | Reflection device for roadside marking A reflective roadside marking post, where the reflector is protected from dirt by a tubular means projecting in front of the reflector. The tubular means is by partition walls divided into a number of axial channels or cells and the reflector is visible t... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4191449 | Guard-rail reflector A guard-rail reflector having two reflecting planes positioned oliquely with each other, a bottom plane for connecting the reflecting planes together, one of the reflecting planes being inclined at 75°&#b1;15° with respect to the bottom plane, and the o... | 03/04/1980 |
| 3989351 | Reflection device The invention provides an improved reflection device comprising a tubular means enclosing a reflective element and arranged for mounting at desired level over a road surface at some distance from the road border. In the preferred embodiment, the tubular m... | 11/02/1976 |
