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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2009
Steven E. Nielsen, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Curtis Chambers, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Jeffrey Farr, Jupiter, FL (US);
Mark A. Conner, Palmetto, FL (US);
Rene A. Vazquez, Herndon, VA (US);
Steven E. Nielsen, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Curtis Chambers, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Jeffrey Farr, Jupiter, FL (US);
Mark A. Conner, Palmetto, FL (US);
Rene A. Vazquez, Herndon, VA (US);
Certusview Technologies, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A marking system may hold a container from which markers are dispensed to mark the presence or absence of an underground facility in a dig area. The container may identify a marker characteristic regarding the markers in the container. The marking system may receive activation of a trigger, dispense a marker from the container when the trigger is activated, and store the marker characteristic and time data when the trigger is activated. In other embodiments, the marking system may dispense a marker, determine location data and/or time data, and substantially simultaneously trigger the dispensing of the marker and logging of the location data and/or the time data. The location data identifies a geographic location where the marker is dispensed and the time data identifies the time when the marker is dispensed.