发明名称 Continuous flexible retro-reflective roadway marking device
摘要 A method of marking a curved median with a passive elongated flexible roadway marking device entails bending the device to conform to the curved bullnose shape of a roadway median, adhesively attaching the device to the surface of the median and then mechanically fastening the device to the median. Bending notches with stress relief vertices may be provided in a flange of the spline to facilitate concave bending of that flange. Attachment holes may be provided in flanges of the spline, in an alternating arrangement. Spaced apart retro-reflective tape strips are applied to the curved outer surface of the protrusion.
申请公布号 US9365988(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.06.14
申请号 US201414376572 申请日期 2014.08.03
申请人 Driskell Holdings LLC 发明人 Driskell Gregory Wayne;Green Michael David
分类号 E01F9/00;E01F9/053;E01F9/087;E01F9/07;E01F9/06;E01F9/04 主分类号 E01F9/00
代理机构 代理人 Young, P.A. Mark
主权项 1. A method of marking a curved median with at least one marker, said marker comprising a spline, said spline being elongated and flexible and having a first side, an opposite second side, a first end and an opposite second end, a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, a spline length of at least two feet from the first end to the second end, a spline width from the first side to the second side, and spline thickness from the top surface to the bottom surface, a protrusion attached to the top surface of the spline, said protrusion having an outer surface, a profile shape, a protrusion length, a protrusion width and a protrusion height, the protrusion width being less than the spline width and the protrusion height being at least ½ inch, a first flange coextensive with the first side and a second flange coextensive with the second side, and said protrusion being attached to the spline between the first flange and the second flange, a plurality of spaced apart retro-reflective elements attached to the outer surface of the protrusion, each of the retro-reflective elements covering a portion of the protrusion from about the first flange to the second flange, and said method comprising steps of: locating a curved median without a marker, said curved median including a periphery; determining a peripheral length of a portion of the curved median to be marked, said portion of the median to be marked including a surface; providing at least one marker; positioning the at least one marker at the portion of the curved median to be marked; bending the at least one marker to conform to the portion of the curved median to be marked, with the protrusion of the marker facing upwardly, and the bottom of the spline being against the surface of the portion of the curved median to be marked; attaching the spline flush to the surface of the portion of the curved median to be marked, with the marker bent to conform to the portion of the curved median to be marked.
地址 St. Johns FL US