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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2017
Traffix Devices, Inc., San Clemente, CA (US);
Geoffrey B. Maus, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jeremy Smith, San Clemente, CA (US);
Jack H. Kulp, Dana Point, CA (US);
Brent M. Kulp, San Clemente, CA (US);
TRAFFIX DEVICES, INC., San Clemente, CA (US);
Abstract
A two-piece traffic marker assembly a marker body includes a marker body formed of a low density polyethylene and a separable molded rubber base. The base has a weight comprising at least 70% of a total weight of the traffic marker assembly, with the marker body having a weight comprising the remaining 30% or less of the total weight of the traffic marker assembly. Because of this advantageous weight distribution, relative to prior art traffic cones, when the traffic marker assembly is assembled, a tip angle of the traffic marker assembly is about 76 degrees from vertical. A plurality of circumferentially spaced interlocking protrusions disposed on the wall of the marker body, for engaging an interior circumference of the base when the marker assembly is in an assembled space, and for also preventing sticking of marker bodies together when they are stacked.