Portable sign for a traffic control device
AssigneeHalo Covers, LLC
InventorsRichard F. Johnson, Bradley R. Smith
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a portable sign for removable disposition about a traffic control device, and methods of making and using such a portable sign, whereby the portable sign includes a sleeve having sleeve outer and inner surfaces, the sleeve inner surface defining a sleeve opening configured to removably receive the traffic control device; a panel coupled to the sleeve in overlaying engagement; and an information-conveying indicium coupled to the panel, for example an information-conveying indicium associated with the traffic control device.
Claims15
A portable sign for removable disposition about a traffic control device, comprising:
- a one-piece, laterally continuous sleeve having sleeve outer and inner surfaces, said sleeve inner surface extending between an upper end and a lower aperture defining a sleeve opening configured to removably receive said traffic control device, said lower aperture having a perimeter comprising an arcuate portion and a linear portion;
- wherein said sleeve comprises an arcuate lateral portion coupled to a planar lateral portion;
- a plurality of flanges coupled to said sleeve proximate the sleeve upper end, wherein said flanges inwardly extend into said sleeve opening defining an upper aperture smaller than the lower aperture;
- a panel coupled to said planar lateral portion in overlaying engagement, wherein a panel perimeter of said panel is lesser than a planar lateral portion perimeter of said planar lateral portion;
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- an information-conveying indicium coupled to said panel, said information-conveying indicium associated with said traffic control device.
A portable sign for removable disposition about a traffic control device, comprising:
- a one-piece sleeve, including:
- sleeve outer and inner surfaces, said sleeve inner surface extending between an upper end and a lower aperture defining a sleeve opening configured to removably receive said traffic control device, said lower aperture having a perimeter comprising an arcuate portion and a linear portion;
- a plurality of flanges inwardly extending into said sleeve opening proximate the upper end and defining an upper aperture smaller than the lower aperture;
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- a planar lateral portion;
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- a panel coupled to said planar lateral portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.