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US 4,573,763 AGranted
Three-dimensional flexible reflectors
AssigneeEagle Industries, Inc.
InventorRobert J. Thomas
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Abstract
A reflector is disclosed as comprising a base member of elastomeric material forming a support body for said marker, and a plurality of individual resilient members of elastomeric material integrally formed with said base member and projecting therefrom, each of said resilient members having embedded therein and throughout a plurality of reflective glass beads. At least the distal ends of the resilient members have a surface portion of the elastomeric material removed to expose a portion of the glass beads thereat.
Claims24
A reflective marker comprising:
- a base member of elastomeric material forming a support body for said marker;
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- a plurality of individual resilient members of elastomeric material integrally formed with said base member and projecting therefrom, each of said resilient members having embedded therein and throughout a plurality of retro-reflective glass beads, at least the distal ends of said resilient members having a surface portion of the elastomeric material forming said resilient members removed to expose a portion of the glass beads thereat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.