US1250064A - Traffic-guide. - Google Patents

Description

F. L. WHIMS.

TRAFFIC GUIDE; APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1917- 1,250,064-a Patented Dec-11,1917.

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FRANK L. WHIMS, MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

TRAFFIC-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

Application filed April 28, 1917. Serial No. 165,187.

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. WHIMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marysville, in the county of Yuba and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Traflic-Guides, of which the following is a specification;

This invention relates to traflic or zone guides.

The object of the present invention is to provide a staff or support, which is primarily intended for use in marking ofl' restricted traflic zones, such as safety or park- .ing zones, and it is also capable of use where a staff is required which is likely to contact with obstructions, such as the flagstafl of a boat or the like, which might encounter a bridge.

With the, above objects in view the invention more specifically stated contemplates the provision of a staff or support which is flexible, in order to permit it to bend from the vertical under pressure, the construction being such that when released the staff will again automatically assume its true position.

The invention consists therefore of a relatively wide base, a sectional standard supported thereon and a spring controlled flexible element passing through the base and standard for normally holding the sections and standard in alinement, to permit it to bend or flex under pressure, and to again automatically assume its true position.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective new of the device:

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of one of the sections or thimbles.

Referring in detail to the drawings, a reference numeral 10 indicates a base which is preferably of circular form to provide a relatively wide support for the standard 11. This standard is of sectional formation and comprises a plurality of sections 12,

which in the present instance are shown in the form of thimbles, being provided with a central opening or passage 13. When the sections are assembled these openings are in alinement for the purpose of receiving a flexible element 14 by means of which the sections are secured together and to the base. As shown in the drawings, sections 12 are preferably formed with rounded ends 15, in

22 and located between this flange and a seat 23, is a coil spring 24. The seat 23 is formed by the end wall of the socket 17, so that a downward movement of the -thimble 20 would be resistant with the spring 24. The

base 10 is provided with an alined opening 25, which communicates with thesocket 26,

which is adapted to form a stopfor a trans-' versely arranged pin 27 which passes through one of the links of the flexible element 14, which is herein shown in the form of a chain.

If desired the socket 17 of-the section 16 may be closed by a plug 28, or a suitable sign or flag may have its-staff seated within the socket 17, which might hear the inscription Safety or Parking zone. 1

Any number of sections 12 desired may be employed and the height of the device regulatedthereby. v.ln assembling the device the flexible element is secured to the thimble 20 a d the spring 21 seated within the socket 1 through the various openings or passages and is placed under tension with the pin 27 inserted in one-of the links of the flexible element.

It is thought from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that the operation and construction and advantages of the invention will be apparent. The right is reserved to make such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is: 4

1.- A device of the class described comprising a base, a sectional standard removably mounted thereon, said standard comprising a plurality of contacting sections provided with openings therethrough, a top section having a socket therein and a restricted opening adapted to aline with the openings of the other sections, a flexible The ,flexible element then passes element extending through said openings, a thimble slidably mounted within said socket and connected to said flexible element, a resilient element interposed between said thimble and the lower wall of the socket and means for engaging the other end of said'flexible element to secure the-sections to the base under tension.

2. A device of the class described comprising a base, a sectional standard removably mounted thereon, said standard comprising a plurality of contacting sections provided with openings therethrough, a top section having a socket therein and a restricted opening adapted to aline with the openings of the other sections, a chain extending through said opening, a resiliently mounted member connected to one end of said chain and a pin adapted to be passed through one of the links of the chain and seated within a socket in the base for securing the other end of the said chain to the base, whereby the sections may be secured to said base under tension.

3. A. device of the class described comprising a base, a sectional standard removably mounted thereon, said standard comprisin a plurality of contacting sections provi ed with openings therethrough, a fiexi ble element extending through said open- I ings and having one end connected to said base, a movable member connected to the op posite end of said element and a spring located beneath said movable member.

4:. A device of the class described comprising a base, a standard mounted thereon, said standard comprising a plurality of independent sections provided with openings therethrough, a flexible element extending through said openings, a movable mem- FRANK L. WI-HMS.

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