Patent ID: 9234322
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: B32B,E01F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A pavement marking pattern consisting essentially of: an independent thermoplastic grid section, and a plurality of independent thermoplastic insert sections, wherein each of said plurality of insert sections resides within said grid section and said plurality of insert sections are coplanar, and wherein said grid section and said plurality of insert sections both comprise a planar top surface and a planar bottom surface that are coplanar to each other, such that said grid section is in direct contact with each of said plurality of insert sections, thereby forming an intersection between said grid section and each of said plurality of insert sections, and further comprising a sprayed polyamide adhesive backing layer on said coplanar bottom surface, said adhesive existing in a circular or spiral configuration crossing each said intersection, wherein said sprayed polyamide adhesive has a softening point of 105°-120° C., and wherein said the sprayed polyamide adhesive was applied at a temperature above said adhesive's softening point such that said adhesive covers 5-90 percent of said coplanar bottom surface.