Patent ID: 6199504
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
A soft sandwich board system, comprising:(a) a traffic cone including a narrow top having a small opening, a base having a large opening, and an outer surface;(b) a crossbar;(c) an adapter, said adapter connected to the top of said traffic cone, said adapter including means for retaining said crossbar, wherein said crossbar is positioned in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the base of said traffic cone;(d) a cone base form, said cone base form including an opening and having a first side and a second side substantially parallel to each other, the opening of said cone base form sized to permit disposition of said cone base form during assembly of said soft, sandwich board system, first over said top and then down towards said base of said cone, said cone base form finally positioned on said cone when said system is assembled, adjacent said base of said cone and in a plane which is substantially parallel to said base of said cone; and,(e) a substantially rectangularly shaped shroud having a length and a width, said shroud having a top surface and an under surface, said shroud including at least a first opening disposed at approximately the middle of said shroud, said shroud including a left side and a right side when said shroud is folded at the middle along a fold line denoting a middle width of said shroud, said left side and said right side of said shroud being substantially the same size and having the same shape, and each having a respective bottom end having a left and right hand corner, said first opening of said shroud disposed over said top of said traffic cone, said shroud supported along its fold line by said crossbar a spaced distance above said traffic cone base and cone base form when said soft, sandwich board system is assembled; and,(f) means for retaining the respective bottom ends of said left side and said right side of said shroud in position at the bottom of said soft, sandwich board system at said first and second sides respectively of said cone base form, whereby said shroud supported along its fold line and retained bottom ends of said left and right sides, at respective sides of said cone base form, achieves a sandwich board appearance.