AU2006100150A4

AU2006100150A4 - Inflating Traffic Cone

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Publication number: AU2006100150A4
Application number: AU2006100150A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Ming-Jen Ko
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-02-28
Filing date: 2006-02-28
Publication date: 2006-04-06
Anticipated expiration: 2014-02-28

Description

Our Ref: 3496Inno P/00/009 Regulation 3.2

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 INNOVATION SPECIFICATION FOR AN INVENTION ENTITLED Invention title: Name of Applicant: Address for Service Inflating Traffic Cone Ming-Jen Ko A.P.T. Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys PO Box 222 Mitcham, S.A. 5062 The invention is described in the following statement:

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INFLATING TRAFFIC CONE oo00 BACKGROUND OF THE INNOVATION Field of the Innovation The present innovation relates to a traffic cone, and more particularly to an inflating traffic _cone comprising a pump and an inflating member, which can be inflated simply.

Description of the Prior Art A conventional traffic cone as shown in Fig. 1, a square-shaped base 2 is integrally formed in a lower end of a hollow cone 1, and the distinctive colors of the traffic cone are provided for reaching the effects of separating and caution.

The size of the bottom surface of the conventional traffic cone has increased, however, the traffic cone still will be fallen because of the strong wind and the wind pressure or collision when the cars of high speed are passing, furthermore, since the conventional traffic awl is integrally formed, it is hard to carry and collect. An improved traffic cone as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, comprising a gasbag 3 and a fluid bag 4, the gasbag 3 is mounted above the fluid bag 4, in the top end of the gasbag 3 is mounted an air mouth 5, in the upper part of the fluid bag 4 is mounted two opposite covering pieces 6, a injecting mouth 7 is disposed at one side of the fluid bag 4, and each end of the covering pieces 6 is disposed with a slide fastener 8.

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However, the above-mentioned traffic cone still has some disadvantages describes as follows: 00 Firstly, the gasbag 3 is prepared in addition, and the traffic cone must be inflated artificially when forget to carry or lose the gasbag, thereby it is very inconvenient.

CSecondly, although a periphery of the gasbag 3 can be sticked with reflecting pieces or printed with reflecting film, the expected effects of caution can be reached by depending on the lighting of the outside in the night or bad weather, and the distance of caution is limited, thereby the cars and people that broke into the caution area will be increased.

The present innovation has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.

For the purposes of this specification the word "comprising" means "including but not limited to", and the word "comprises" has a corresponding meaning. Also a reference within this specification to a document is not to be taken as an admission that the disclosure therein constitutes common general knowledge in Australia.

SUMMARY OF THE INNOVATION The present innovation is to provide an inflating traffic cone, wherein a cover is covered to a backplane so as to form a base, a perforation is defined in the center of the top surface of O the cover, in a periphery of the perforation is upwardly extended an cone-shaped inflating member and a transparent sealing piece, thereby form a sealing space in the inflating 0 member. The backplane is mounted with a pump, a weight block, a lamp holder and a radiating caution device, a handle of a inflating stick of the pump is protrudly extended to the outer side of the base, a tee joint tube is mounted in an sir outlet of the pump for connecting to an air mouth of the sealing piece and combined with a deflating device. The Sreflecting member of the radiating caution device is mounted in the lamp holder, therefore, the traffic cone can be inflated by the pump, and the light of the reflecting member will be projected to the whole inflating member equality by the lamp holder.

The primary objective of the present innovation is to provide an inflating traffic cone, wherein a pump is mounted in the traffic awl for inflating directly, which is very inconvenient and can avoid the problems of forgetting carry or losing the pump.

The further objective of the present innovation is to provide an inflating traffic cone, wherein the inflating member can be reflected so as to improve the effects of caution.

The present innovation will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiments in accordance with the present innovation.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional traffic cone;

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Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the conventional traffic cone; Fig. 3 is another perspective view of the conventional traffic cone; 00 Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an inflating traffic cone in accordance with the present innovation; Fig. 5 is a partial cross sectional view of the inflating traffic cone in accordance with the present innovation; Fig. 6 is another perspective view of the inflating traffic cone in accordance with the present innovation; Fig. 7 is a further perspective view of the inflating traffic cone in accordance with the present innovation; Fig. 8 is a side view of the inflating traffic cone in accordance with the present innovation; and Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of the inflating traffic cone in accordance with the present innovation.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, an inflating traffic cone in accordance with the present innovation, wherein Fig. 4 is a perspective view of an inflating traffic cone of the present innovation, and Fig. 5 is a partial cross sectional view of the inflating traffic cone of the present innovation, wherein a cover 11 is covered to a backplane 12 so as to form a square-shaped base 10 lacking of an angle, a perforation 111 is defined in the center of the top surface of the cover 11, in a periphery of the perforation 111 is upwardly extended an

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cone-shaped inflating member 20 and a transparent sealing piece 21 by steeling with high cycle, thereby form a sealing space in the awl-shaped inflating member 20, furthermore, 00 the surface of a periphery of the cone-shaped inflating member 20 is sticked with reflecting pieces 22 or printed with reflecting film. The backplane 12 is mounted with a pump 30, a weight block 40, a lamp holder 50 and a radiating caution device 60, the pump is connected to a positioning base 121, a handle 31 of a inflating stick of the pump 30 is

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protrudly extended to the position of the lacking angle of the base 10, a tee joint tube 32 is mounted in an air outlet, a guiding tube 33 is connected to an air mouth 211 of the sealing piece 21 and combined with a deflating device 34, the lamp holder 50 is locked to the center of the top surface of the backplane 12 and opposite to the perforation 111 of the cover 11, an arc-shaped reflecting surface 51 with an upward opening is disposed in the lamp holder 50. The radiating caution device 60 including a battery container 61 mounted with circuit board and battery, a reflecting member (LED) 63 is mounted in the lamp holder 50 by connecting to a conducting wire 62 of the radiating caution device Fig. 6 is another perspective view of showing the inflation of the traffic cone of the present innovation, closed the deflating device 34 and grasped the handle 31 of the inflating stick of the pump 30 for inflating so as to make the air enter into the inflating member thereby the inflating member 20 will be expanded to become cone-shaped, and plus the weight of the weight block 40 and the battery container 61, the inflating member 20 is more stable.

O When the inflating traffic cone is collected as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, opened the deflating device 34 and pressed the inflating member 20 so as to discharge the air of the inflating OO member 20 from the air mouth 211 and out of the tee joint tube 32 via the guiding tube 33, and then folded the inflating member 20 and sticked it to the base Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of the inflating traffic cone of the present innovation, when Sthe light is inadequate, the battery container 61 of the radiating caution device 60 is provided electricity for the reflecting member 63 so as to make the reflecting member 63 reflecting glittery, since the arc-shaped reflecting surface 51 of the lamp holder 50, the light of the reflecting member 63 will be projected to the inner surface of the whole inflating member 20 through the sealing piece 21 equality, thereby the inflating member will be reflected foe improving the caution effects.

For the above-mentioned embodiments, the present innovation has some advantages describes as follows: Firstly, the traffic cone is provided with a pump 30 for inflating, which is convenient and avoids the problems of forgetting carry or losing the pump Secondly, the traffic cone can be provided caution lights so as to make the whole inflating member 20 reflected, thereby achieve the expected effects of caution in the night or bad weather.

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0 SWhile we have shown and described various embodiments in accordance with the present innovation, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be 00made without departing from the scope of the present innovation.

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Claims

1. An inflating traffic cone, comprising a pump and an inflating member, the pump 0 being mounted in the traffic cone, a handle of an inflating stick of the pump being protrudly extended to the outer side of the traffic cone, and an air outlet being connected to n 5 the inflating member.

2. The inflating traffic cone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pump is mounted in a base that is formed by covering a cover to a backplane, a perforation is defined in the center of the top surface of the cover, in a periphery of the perforation is defined an inflating member and a transparent sealing piece, thereby form a sealing space in the inflating member.

3. The inflating traffic cone as claimed in claim 2, wherein the base lacking of an angle for collecting the handle of the inflating stick of the pump in normal conditions.

4. The inflating traffic cone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the air outlet of the pump is mounted with a tee joint tube for connecting to the inflating member and combining with a deflating device.

5. The inflating traffic cone asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the inflating member is cone-shaped. NO

6. The inflating traffic cone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the traffic cone including a weight block. 00

7. The inflating traffic cone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the traffic cone is S 5 further including a lamp holder and a radiating caution device, an arc-shaped reflecting _surface is mounted in the lamp holder, the radiating caution device including a battery Scontainer mounted with circuit board and battery, a reflecting member is mounted in the lamp holder by connecting to a conducting wire of the radiating caution device.

8. The inflating traffic cone substantially as disclosed herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. Dated this 28th day of February 2006 MING-JEN KO By his Patent Attorneys A.P.T. Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys