Signals and indicators – Street traffic – Portable
Patent
1992-12-18
1994-02-22
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
Signals and indicators
Street traffic
Portable
116 63C, E01F 900
Patent
active
052878228
ABSTRACT:
An improved portable warning marker of the type used to divert and/or guide motor vehicle traffic through or around roadway construction sites is disclosed. The warning marker may be of a foldable type including a plate member is pivotally attached to a flat base member, and a pair of wing members pivotally attached on opposite sides of the plate member so as to be independently tiltable from operative positions perpendicular to the plate and base members to a storage position against opposite broad surfaces of the plate member. Upon placing the wing members in their storage positions, the plate member is tiltable from an operative upright position to a downfolded storage position essentially parallel to the base member. A device for permitting a portable marker to be lifted through the use of a long handled tool having a hooked or forked end, which device is attached to an upper end of the marker is also disclosed. A transparent plastic cover for the viewable surface(s) of a portable warning marker for protecting the surface(s) from becoming dulled by oil, grease, tar and other impurities is also disclosed. A replaceable, non-transparent, brightly colored cover is disclosed for use on portable traffic markers which have already become dulled through prior use in order to permit their continued use is also disclosed.
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Cuchlinski Jr. William A.
Miller Jr. Maurice L.
Worth W. Morris
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