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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven M Little, China Lake, CA (US);
Robert L Gerber, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Carl A Heller, China Lake, CA (US);
Vincent J Esposito, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01F / ; F21L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
116 / ; 1161 / ; 240-225 ; 248 46 ;
Abstract
A signal device combining a fluorescent or phosphorescent light tube and a ovel base to be thrown or dropped from a vehicle as a warning marker. The light tube may be of the chemically actuated type and the base preferably has four pivotally attached resilient legs serving to ensure that the device will assume an angular position of about 45.degree. when dropped.