Safety device for transporting oversized loads

Illumination – Supported by vehicle structure – Truck – trailer – or wagon

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C362S084000, C362S540000, C040S544000

Reexamination Certificate

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07665870

ABSTRACT:
One embodiment includes a method for improving driver safety in a highway vehicle that includes an oversized load that includes sizing at least one safety indicia illuminated by at least one EL lighting surface according to at least one government safety standard, affixing the at least one safety indicia to the front and to the rear of the highway vehicle and operating the vehicle on a highway.

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