US2329171A - Highway marker - Google Patents

Description

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rPatented Sept. 7, 1943 i t Charles` T. Russ, Norwich, Conn.

Application January 11, 1943, Serial No. 472,037

s claims. l(c1. :ss-7e) This invention relates to highway markers for reducing to afminimum hazardous conditions and for indicating traffic lanes of a roadway.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of markers including light reecting means Vand construction to permit the locating of the supporting wall Il. The reectors 9 in the form 'of plates are secured -on the walls I0 covering a portion of each wall i and extending downwardly from thev apexA of the base,

tend'from the walls I0 of the base in opposite directions and each being of a width equal'to theV length of the vbase and of a thickness at the end next to the rbase to cover the reflector lying betweensaid end` and the base.

come more apparent as the description proceeds,

the invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. y

v For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which y Figure Y1.' is a diagrammatical View showing a yroadway wherein the traflic lanesthereof are formed through the use of markers constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view illustrating one of the markers positioned in a roadbed.

Figure' 3 is a sectional view taken on the line Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates diagramm'atically a roadway, wherein traic lanes are indicated by markers 6 forming the subject matter of the present invention. In

installing the markers, they are spacedfa selected distance apart, so that trafc travelling in opposite directions will be guided to prevent the trafc of the lanes from encroaching on each other and resulting in collisions or other serious accidents,

, Each marker 6 is embedded in the roadbed so that the top surface thereof is iiush with the surface of the roadbed to permit the wheels of the jvehicles to pass smoothly thereover and which Areduces to 'a minimum .the breakage of the mark ers b'y a vehicle contacting therewith and also eliminates obstructions over -which pedestrians Amay trip.

Primarily the marker 8 consists of transparent panels 1v of glass or any other suitable material, an anchoring base 8 and reflectors 9. The base 8 may be of any suitable rigid material which is durabley and isroi triangularv shape in cross'section with the apex thereof disposed uppermost presenting converging walls i 0 and a flat bottom Thepanel gradually decreases in thickness from said end to its free end by having the bottom wall thereof sloped while the topv wall remains straight to lie ushwitli the surfacefof the roadway. The panels may be cemented or lotherwise secured tothe reectors and the latter being secured to the base permits thehandling and installing of the deviceas a single unit construction. f

The roadbed is recessed to accommodatethe marker, shown in Figure 3, whereby the' marker becomes fixed against displacement by traic engaging and passing thereover.

LThe light rays from a vehicle passing through the panel next to the vehicle is reected upwardly rand toward the vehicle vby thereilector next thereto, so as to render the marker readily Viewable to the driver of vsaid vehicle, consequently providing an efficient guide to said driver at night or in weather wherein the visibility is bad.

The construction of the device `permits lighty reflectionv to be had to vehicles travelling in opposite directions to each other, so that the drivers of said vehicles will be guided to assure passing without danger of collision.y y

If desired, when the indicators or markers are employed on a curve in a roadway, the panels 'I may be colored red or some other color that is readily distinguishable from markers located in' a straight portion of the roadway.' This will notify a vdriver of a curve in the roadwayin suflcient time to permit the driver to have complete control 4over the vehicle on entering the curve, consequently'resulting in safer driving.

while I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will bel understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed. A y n Having thus described by invention,

claim is:

1. Ina highway marker, elongated transparent panels sunk in a bed of a roadway and provided with-top flat surfaces flush with the surface of The reflector may Abe cemented 'or otherwise secured on the base.

The transparent panels 1 are arranged to ex-Y what I the roadway, an anchoring base arranged between said panels and having converging walls disposed opposite to the panels, and reflectors supported by the ywalls and protected by the panels. y l

2. In a highway marker, a parof elongated transparent panels arranged in endwise relation and spaced from each other and sunkin a roadbed and provided with fiat top surfaces lying flush with the surface of the roadway, altria'ngular shaped base arranged between the adjacent ends of the panels and having sloping walls opposing the adjacent ends of the panels, reectors mounted on said walls and contacted by the adjacent ends of the panels for protection thereby.

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