Roadway warning system
AssigneeSimulators Limited, Inc.
InventorWilbur R. Adams
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Abstract
A warning system for multi-lane roadways comprising a group of strips placed longitudinally across only the left-most lane of the roadway as referenced by a person facing in the designated direction of traffic flow.
Claims8
A warning system for a multi-lane roadway, said system comprising a roadway extending in a first direction and in a second direction, said roadway having a first plurality of lanes designated for traffic flow in said first direction, said system further comprising a plurality of strip members, said strip members having a bottom side and a first edge and a second edge, said first edge being longer than said second edge, wherein said bottom side of said strip members are attached to said roadway in a grouped and spaced fashion such that said first edges are substantially parallel to each other, said group of strip members being placed only in the left-most lane as referenced by persons situated in said first plurality of lanes and facing said first direction and in the right-most lane as referenced by persons situated in said first plurality of lanes and facing opposite said first direction.
A method for warning operators of vehicles on a multi-lane roadway having a plurality of lanes designated for traffic flow in a first direction, comprising the step of attaching a plurality of raised, elongated strips transversely across only the left-most lane, as referenced by persons facing said first direction, subsantially near an entrance to the multi-lane roadway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.