Signals and indicators – Vehicle – Car and train markers
Patent
1997-09-11
1999-11-09
Hirshfeld, Andrew
Signals and indicators
Vehicle
Car and train markers
116 35R, 116173, 40591, 248512, B61L 1500
Patent
active
059793554
ABSTRACT:
A tail flag assembly for installation on a rear end of an utility pole laid on a pole trailer. The tail flag assembly comprises a ring mountable over the rear end of the pole and a plurality of screws extending radially through the ring for clamping the ring onto the rear end of the pole. The tail flag assembly also comprises a plurality of staffs affixed to the ring and extending outwardly tangentially from the ring, with each staff having a rectangular brightly coloured flag affixed thereto. In one aspect of the invention, each flag has a stripe sewn thereon. The stripe is made of a highly light-reflecting material. The stripe is sewn on a first side of the flag from an upper outside corner thereof to a midpoint on the hem thereof, and on the other side of the flag, from a midpoint on the hem to the lower outside corner thereof. When the flag flaps back and forth, the movement of the stripe simulates a flashing light bar when seen at night under the reflection of the headlights of a vehicle for example. In another aspect of the invention, each staff is made of a flexible material and is pliable for engagement under the crossbar handle of one of the screws. Hence, when all staffs are bent and engaged under a respective crossbar handle, the tail flag assembly is compact in size and easily stowed in a tool compartment of an utility truck.
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Hirshfeld Andrew
Theriault Mario D.
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