Snowplowing resisting road surface marking tape material
First Claim
1. A prefabricated pavement marking tape, comprising a unitary structure including an elongated tape portion securable to a pavement and having a substantially planar traffic-wear resistant upper surface;
- a plurality of retroreflective elements each having a lower section embedded in said tape portion and an upper section projecting above said upper surface of said tape portion to a predetermined height; and
at least one uninterrupted rail portion extending lengthwise of the direction of elongation of said tape portion and being free of said retroreflective elements, said rail portion being provided on said upper surface of said tape portion and projecting upwardly therefrom to a height exceeding the predetermined height to which said upper sections of said retroreflective elements project, so as to protect said tape portion and said upper sections of said retroreflective elements against impingement of and damage by a snowplow.
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Abstract
An improved roadway surface marking tape material of the kind provided with retroreflective elements or other visibility and/or anti-skid improving elements, upwardly protruding over the generally planar upper face of the tape, the new tape being improved by the provision of further protruding components secured to said upper layer, of height over said face, greater than that of such elements, and comprising sloping portions, for raising snowplowing implements passing over the marking, and causing such implement to slide above said elements, without interfering with the same and therefore protecting them against the destructive action of said snowplowing means.
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11 Claims
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1. A prefabricated pavement marking tape, comprising a unitary structure including an elongated tape portion securable to a pavement and having a substantially planar traffic-wear resistant upper surface;
- a plurality of retroreflective elements each having a lower section embedded in said tape portion and an upper section projecting above said upper surface of said tape portion to a predetermined height; and
at least one uninterrupted rail portion extending lengthwise of the direction of elongation of said tape portion and being free of said retroreflective elements, said rail portion being provided on said upper surface of said tape portion and projecting upwardly therefrom to a height exceeding the predetermined height to which said upper sections of said retroreflective elements project, so as to protect said tape portion and said upper sections of said retroreflective elements against impingement of and damage by a snowplow. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a plurality of retroreflective elements each having a lower section embedded in said tape portion and an upper section projecting above said upper surface of said tape portion to a predetermined height; and
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