GB2321485A - Hand held warning sign - Google Patents

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GB2321485A
GB2321485A GB9701326A GB9701326A GB2321485A GB 2321485 A GB2321485 A GB 2321485A GB 9701326 A GB9701326 A GB 9701326A GB 9701326 A GB9701326 A GB 9701326A GB 2321485 A GB2321485 A GB 2321485A
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Frederick Robert Preston
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/006—Portable traffic signalling devices

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Abstract

A portable sign for controlling the flow of traffic and/or pedestrians on a road and comprises an attention-drawing, visual warning displaying F, region adjacent or around whose periphery there is spaced a plurality of selectively actuable lights B, and a hand-hold region 1 which a user of the sign can grasp to hold the sign in view of oncoming traffic and/or pedestrians. The lights may flash and a manual switch may be formed integrally with the rest of the hand-hold region of the sign.

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HAND HELD WARNING SIGN Field of the Invention The present invention relates to hand held warning signs such as, for example, "lollipop" type stop signs as used as manned pedestrian crossings and by traffic control police.
Summarv of the Invention The invention is detailed and described in the accompanying Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings and fundamentally comprises a hand held warning sign having a handle stem 1 with a flat circular warning board F atop the handle stem 1 and marked with recognisable wording and symbols. Around the rim of the circular plate F is provided a ring of lights B that are suitably LED's but may be conventional bulbs. These are shielded in a transparent housing suitably of plastics material and identified on the drawings as a clear lens C.
A self-contained power source and control electronic circuitry-containing box E is mounted on the shaft 1 and has a switch D to activate the light array B.
The electronic circuitry in the control box E enables the lights to be flashed in a fashion that enhances the attention-obtaining nature of the sign.
In a preferred alternative embodiment to that illustrated in the drawing the control box E is integral with the shaft 1.
Of particular significance is the ring-shape form of the lens/lighthousing C which significantly enhances the operation of the sign.

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1 A portable sign for controlling the flow of traffic and/or pedestrians on a road and comprising an attention-drawing, visual warning displaying, region adjacent or around whose periphery there is spaced a plurality of selectively actuable lights, and a hand-hold region which a user of the sign can grasp to hold the sign in view of oncoming traffic and/or pedestrians.
2. A portable sign as claimed in claim 1 in which the hand-hold region is so disposed in relation to the warning displaying region as to enable the user to grasp and display the sign "lollipop-style"
3. A portable sign as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 in which the lights are sufficient in number and are so disposed about the sign as to define a ring when actuated
4. A portable sign as claimed in any of the preceding claims in which the lights flash when actuated.
5. A portable sign as claimed in any of the preceding claims in which that part of the light-actuating means which switches the lights on and off is a manual switch situated on the hand-hold region of the sign.
6. A portable sign as claimed in claim 5 in which the material which houses the manual switch is formed integrally with the rest of the hand-hold region of the sign.
7. A portable sign for controlling the flow of traffic and/or pedestrians on a road substantially as described herein with reference to and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU728069B2 (en) * 1996-06-26 2001-01-04 Morgan, Peter Adrian Sign
GB2359654A (en) * 2000-01-11 2001-08-29 Thomas Bentley Walker Illuminated children crossing sign.
EP1513122A1 (en) * 2003-09-06 2005-03-09 GDRC Limited Signalling device
US7343704B1 (en) * 2006-01-17 2008-03-18 Wilson P Delois Lighted safety and warning signs

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1318190A (en) * 1969-08-15 1973-05-23 Lucas Industries Ltd Portable signs
GB2067236A (en) * 1980-01-10 1981-07-22 Topley D M Portable crossing sign
US5276424A (en) * 1992-04-20 1994-01-04 Hegemann John J Attention getting sign
GB2280213A (en) * 1993-07-16 1995-01-25 Graham Cecil Foster Portable hand-held display device

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1318190A (en) * 1969-08-15 1973-05-23 Lucas Industries Ltd Portable signs
GB2067236A (en) * 1980-01-10 1981-07-22 Topley D M Portable crossing sign
US5276424A (en) * 1992-04-20 1994-01-04 Hegemann John J Attention getting sign
GB2280213A (en) * 1993-07-16 1995-01-25 Graham Cecil Foster Portable hand-held display device

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU728069B2 (en) * 1996-06-26 2001-01-04 Morgan, Peter Adrian Sign
GB2359654A (en) * 2000-01-11 2001-08-29 Thomas Bentley Walker Illuminated children crossing sign.
EP1513122A1 (en) * 2003-09-06 2005-03-09 GDRC Limited Signalling device
US7343704B1 (en) * 2006-01-17 2008-03-18 Wilson P Delois Lighted safety and warning signs

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