US1661242A - Highway marker - Google Patents

Description

March 6, 1928.

J. RL TRUXAI.

HI GHWAY MARKER Filed Nov. 94 1926 Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES JAMES R. TBUXAL, 0F GBEENSBUBG, PENNSYLVANIA.

HIGHWAY MARKER.

Application. nled November 9, 1926. Serial No. 147,331.

This invention relates to highway markers and more particularly to a marker to indicate movement of trailic along a highway or across thesame at an intersection. At the resent time it is customary to paint .trafc lines along or across a highway but this has been found unsatisfactory as the white lines quickly wear oif or become obscured by dirt and in addition when first applied across a highwa it is necessary to protect them with guar strips and divert vehicles to the other side of the street or highway until the paint has dried.

It is, therefore, one object of the invention to provide a marker which may be easily applied to a highway and will not be destroyed by the wheels of vehicles passing over it or hiddenbydirt.

Another object of the invention is to permit the marker to be firmly secured upon the highway but at the same time allow it to be easily removed when a highway 1s to be repaired or replacement of the marker is necessary.

Another object of the lnvention 1s to so form the marker that it will be clearly visible but at the same time permit vehicles to easily' pass over it withoutI unduly jolting the vehicle or likelihood of the marker 'being damaged. l

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fragment of a highway with the marker applied to it;

Fig. 2 1s a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion of a reinforcing strip for the marker.

The marker, which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and shown a plied to a highway 2 in Fig. 1, may exten longitudinally of the highway to divide the same into traic lanes for vehicles moving in oposite directions or it may extend transversely across the highway at its intersection with another street or highway to define safety lanes through which edestrians are to pass when crossing the ighway. The marker consists of an elongated body portion 3 which may be of any length desired. The body portion is referably formed, of vulcanized rubber, alt ough other cushionling materials may be employed and is formed with 'a flat under face 4' and a transversely arcua-te upper face 5. It will thus be seen that, when the marker is applied to a h1ghway, the under face 4 has Hat contactlng engagement with the face of the h1g hway pavement and the upper face whlch curves transversely will intersect the plane of the lower face and thereby provide a surface across which an automobile or other vehicle may easily move without joltlng the vehicle or danger of damage to the marker. A reinforcing -strip 6 formed of any suitable material desired, but preferably metal, extends longitudinally of the body and is embedded in the under face thereof intermediate its width. At intervals throughout the length of the bodythere has been provided fastener receiving cups 7 which are formed of metal and are embedded in the body. Each cup has its bottom 8 resty ing upon the reinforcing strip 6 and formed with an opening which registers with a fastener rece1v1ng opening 9 provided in the reinforcing strip. At its open upper end the annular wall of the-cup has its marginal portion folded inwardl as shown at 10 in Fig. 3, in order to rein orce the cup against downward pressure and to also prevent danger of an automobile tire being cut by contact with the upper edge of a cup. Openings 9. are formed in the reinforcing strip and receive portions of the rubber body to irnlilly hold the strip in engagement therewit When the marker is applied to a highway and is to extend transversely across it to indicate a safety lane for pedestrians, a marker of the proper length is placed across the highway and a pencil or the like passed through the registering. openings of the cu s and reinforcing strip in order to form marEs upon the pavement ,of vthe highway. The

marking strip is then shifted to one side and pockets cut in the roadway of a suicient size and depth to receive securing bolts 11. The securing bolts are disposed vertically with their heads 12 lowermost and carry washers 13 which assist in preventing upward movement of the bolts when the openings are filled in with cement or the like. After the bolts have been embedded in the highway, the marker is returned to its original position with the upper ends of the bolts projecting into the cups.. The securing nuts 13 are then applied to the bolts and tightened by means of an ordinary socket wrench.

claim: 4

1. A highway marker comprising an elongated body, a reinforcing strip extending" When so rccmited, the marker will clearly define a safety lane and cannot become smeared or obliterated by vehicle wheels. The rubber or other material from which the body is formed will be colored to contrast with the paving. If the marker is to extend longidtudinally of the highway and divide the same `into traic lanes for Vehicles moving in opposite directions, the same procedure will be followed except that the mark will extend longitudinally of the longitudinally of said body and embeddedl .in the under face thereof intermediate. its

width, saidl strip being formed with openings adapted to receive fasteners, and cups embedded in said body with their .bottoms resting upon the strip and formed with openings registerinor with the fastener receiving openings t erein.

2. A. hivhway marker comprising an elongated bod2 a reinforcing strip extendin longitudinally of said body and embedded in the under. facer thereof intermediate its width, said strip being formed with openings adapted to receive fasteners, andvcups embedded in said body with their bottoms resting upon the strip and formed with lopenings registering with the fastener receiving openings therein, the 'walls of said openingsv terminating flush withthe upper surface of saidl body and having" inturned upper edge portions.

31A highway, a marker consisting of an elongated body of cushioning material hav-l` lng a transversely arcuate upper. face and an under face resting flat upon saidhigh` way, a reinforcing strip embedded in Said body, cups embedded in said body and spaced longitudinally thereof, said'cupsresting upon said strip and havingtheir bottoms formed with openings registering with openin s in the strip, and fastener bolts"- embed ed inthehighway and projecting up wardly throughthe registering openings in to said cups. A 4. A highway marker comprising a/'n elon-.. gated relatively narrow body--formed of cushioning' material and having its under face adapted to rest fiat upon a highv'vayv and-its upper face arcuate' in cross'v section for its. full width, and a reinforcinfr strip extending longitudinal] in saidA body Aand embedde in the under acethereof intermel diate its width, said strip being formed with openings adapted to receive fasteners to secure the marker upon thejsurface of a highwaly. n

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