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Omnidirectional retro-reflective roadway marker and the like

US5557461A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 1995
Grant dateSep 17, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B5/12
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A novel roadway or similar marker strip having preferably retro-reflective-beaded protuberances in a critical "herringbone"-like pattern that provides a surprising degree of azimuthal uniform omindirectionality of light reflected from the strip.

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