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US 10,745,871 B2Granted
Traffic cone
OwnerTerry Utzinventor
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Abstract
A traffic cone is provided. The traffic cone includes a triangular base with feet coupled to a bottom side of the triangular base. The traffic cone further includes a cone body having eight surfaces forming an octagonal cone shape coupled to the triangular base, wherein the cone body extends from a top side of the triangular base. Additionally, the traffic cone includes at least one reflective member coupled around a perimeter of the cone body.
Claims7
A traffic cone system comprising:
- a plurality of cones, wherein each cone of the plurality of cones comprises:
- a base;
- a cone body coupled to the base and extending from a top side of the base;
- and
- at least one reflective member coupled around a perimeter of the cone body for traffic control, wherein:
- the at least one reflective member of a first portion of the plurality of cones is white in color, wherein the white color reflective member operates to direct a right side of a traffic lane;
- the at least one reflective member of a second portion of the plurality of cones is yellow in color, wherein the yellow color reflective member operates to direct a left side of a traffic lane;
- and
- the at least one reflective member of a third portion of the plurality of cones is red in color, wherein the red color reflective member operates to stop traffic for a road closure.
6 more elements
A method of using a traffic cone system, the method comprising:
- placing a plurality of cones in a roadway, wherein each cone comprises a base;
- a cone body coupled to the base and extending from a top side of the base and at least one reflective member coupled around a perimeter of the cone body;
- reflecting light from the at least one reflective members of the plurality of cones;
- and
- directing traffic by use of the plurality of cones, wherein directing traffic includes:
- directing traffic from a right side of a traffic lane using a first portion of the plurality of cones having at least one reflective member that is white in color;
- directing traffic from a left side of a traffic lane using a second portion of the plurality of cones having at least one reflective member that is yellow in color;
- and
- stopping traffic for a road closure using a third portion of the plurality of cones having at least one reflective member that is red in color.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.