Easily carried night and day trail marker

• US 20020152948A1
• Filed: 04/18/2001
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kenneth J. Percle
• Original Assignee: Kenneth J. Percle
• Inventors: Percle, Kenneth J.
• Application Number:
  US09/838,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152948A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 116/209
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/16 by clamps

Abstract

A trail marking apparatus is used for marking a trail in a woodland. A spring loaded clip is normally closed under a spring tension and manually opened for attachment to a twig or small limb. The clip provides a pair of flat surfaces on opposing sides for receiving a pair of adhesive reflective markers which are engaged with the flat surfaces of the clip. A flexible streamer of approximately 10 inches in length has one end of the streamer bonded to the clip and the other end of the streamer fitted with a pair of reflective markers adhered to opposing sides of the streamer. The apparatus is used to mark a trail by engaging the clip with any natural object in the wooded area as the hunter passes. When returning at night the hunter finds the trail markers by shining a light beam in an approximate direction.

Claims

1. A trail marking apparatus for marking a trail in a woodland which comprises:

a spring loaded clip adapted as normally closed under a spring tension and manually opened for attachment to a twig or small limb, the clip providing a pair of flat surfaces on opposing sides thereof, a pair of first adhesive reflective markers are adhesively engaged with the flat surfaces of the clip;

a flexible streamer of approximately 10 inches in length, one end of the streamer being bonded to the clip and the other end of the streamer providing a pair of second adhesive reflective markers adhered to opposing sides of the streamer.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of the clip, first adhesive reflective markers, streamer, and second adhesive reflective markers are of a bright color.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of shining a light on the apparatus to find the trail.

3. A method of using a trail marking apparatus comprising:

providing a spring loaded clip adapted as normally closed under a spring tension and manually opened for attachment to a twig or small limb, the clip providing a pair of flat surfaces on opposing sides thereof;

a pair of first adhesive reflective markers adhesively engaged with the flat surfaces of the clip;

a flexible streamer of approximately 10 inches in length, one end of the streamer being bonded to the clip and the other end of the streamer providing a pair of second reflective markers adhered to opposing sides of the streamer;

encircling the neck of a hunter with apparatus such that the other end of the flexible streamer is engaged with the clip to form a closed loop, disengaging the flexible streamer from the clip to remove the apparatus from around the neck of the hunter; and

engaging the clip to a flora to mark a trail.