Flexible marker device
AssigneeWorldwide Safety, LLC
InventorGuadalupe C. Garcia
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Abstract
A marker device for increased road safety due to a flexible design is provided. The marker device includes a base with an opening and a flexible means that is positioned over the base. The flexible means has a fast impulse response to direct (contact) and indirect (no-contact) perturbations with one or more parts of the flexible means capable of deflecting up to about 180 degrees from their original position. In one example the deflection ranges from about 15 degrees to about 180 degrees. The marker device increases the likelihood for the marker device to remain upright once the perturbations disappear, therewith increasing the likelihood for the marker device to remain serving as a marker device safely alerting traffic; i.e. its intended purpose.
Claims34
A safety marker device, comprising:
- (a) a base having an opening for stacking with another safety marker device;
- (b) a flexible means having a fast impulse response to direct and indirect perturbations, said flexible means positioned over said base, wherein said base supports said flexible means;
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- (c) a cover to cover said flexible means, wherein said cover is made of a flexible material and allows said fast impulse response to said direct and indirect perturbations,
- wherein said base being heavier than the combined weight of said flexible means and said cover,
- wherein said flexible means maintains in an original position in absence of said direct and indirect perturbations, and flexes from said original position to a bent position in presence of said direct and indirect perturbations, wherein said bent position is characterized by one or more parts of said flexible means flexed from their original position up to about 180 degrees with respect to said base, and
- wherein said safety marker device has a low center of gravity mainly due to said heavier base, whereby said low center of gravity facilitates in restoring said original position and whereby said heavier base facilitates said flexing.
A safety cone, comprising:
- (a) a base having an opening for stacking with another safety marker device;
- (b) a cone-shaped spring with 2 to 10 loops space between said base and the top of said cone-shaped spring, having a fast impulse response to direct and indirect perturbations, said cone-shaped spring positioned over said base, wherein said base supports said cone-shaped spring;
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- (c) a cover to cover said cone-shaped spring, wherein said cover is made of a flexible material and allows said fast impulse response to said direct and indirect perturbations,
- wherein said base being heavier than the combined weight of said cone-shaped spring and said cover,
- wherein said cone-shaped spring maintains in an original position in absence of said direct and indirect perturbations, and flexes from said original position to a bent position in presence of said direct and indirect perturbations, wherein said bent position is characterized by one or more parts of said cone-shaped spring flexed from their original position up to about 180 degrees with respect to said base, and
- wherein said safety marker device has a low center of gravity mainly due to said heavier base, whereby said low center of gravity facilitates in restoring said original position and whereby said heavier base facilitates said flexing.
A safety marker device, comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) two or more flexible means each having a fast impulse response to direct and indirect perturbations, said two or more flexible means positioned over said base, wherein said base supports said two or more flexible means;
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- (c) a cover to cover said two or more flexible means and allows said fast impulse response to said direct and indirect perturbations,
- wherein said base being heavier than the combined weight of said two or more flexible means and said cover,
- wherein one or more of said two or more flexible means maintains in an original position in absence of said direct and indirect perturbations, and flexes from said original position to a bent position in presence of said direct and indirect perturbations, wherein said bent position is characterized by one or more parts of said one or more of said two more flexible means flexed from their original position up to about 180 degrees with respect to said base, and
- wherein said safety marker device has a low center of gravity mainly due to said heavier base, whereby said low center of gravity facilitates in restoring said original position and whereby said heavier base facilitates said flexing.
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