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US 6,266,903 B1Granted
Hand-held portable road sign
AssigneeFlaggin, Inc.
InventorRaymond V. Collins
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Abstract
A hand-held portable sign employs pulsed light to increase visibility. A battery compartment is located remotely from the upper portion of the sign. Flaps are defined in a flexible sign expanse to allow wind to pass through.
Claims11
A portable sign comprising
- a flexible sign expanse having a message displayed on at least one side of the sign expanse, the sign expanse having a wind-release mechanism that permits wind to pass through the sign expanse,
- a rigid frame, the sign expanse being detachably connected to the frame so that the message is clearly displayed,
- a pole structure connected to the frame,
- a light device adjacent the sign expanse for improving the visibility of the sign,
- fiber optics configured to channel light emitted by the light device to additional locations around the sign expanse, and
- a battery compartment equipped with contacts that are electrically connected to the light device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.