Patent ID: 9574312
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: E01F

Claim:
1. A structural sign post and visibility sleeve system comprising: a structural sign post; a visibility sleeve secured to said structural sign post, the visibility sleeve comprising: at least a first flat panel and a second flat panel, which first and second flat panels, together, are formed from one continuous material, wherein each panel has a long axis and a short axis; wherein a first panel junction attaches the first and second panels at a first edge along the long axis of the first and second panels, wherein said panel junctions form an angle between the panels, which angle is ninety degrees and which, when the panels are viewed from above, forms an interior area on an interior surface of the panels which is less than an exterior area on an external surface of the panels; at least a part of one of the panels is divided into a set of vertically arranged rectangular sections, wherein each of the rectangular sections spans the short axis of the at least one panel, and wherein a set of grooves follow a boundary of a rectangular section in the set of rectangular sections and wherein the grooves weaken the attachment of the rectangular section to the visibility sleeve and allow the rectangular section to be removed from the visibility sleeve to accommodate a sign on the structural sign post; at least a first portion of the external surface of at least one of the panels comprises a color; at least a second portion of the external surface of at least one of the panels comprises a retroreflective material; and the first and second panels, when connected to the structural sign post with a rectangular cross-section, form substantially flush surfaces with such structural sign post.