Patent ID: 7370602
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: B60Q,E01F

Abstract:
1. A reflective sign, comprising: a longitudinal member having first and second longitudinal edges, a first end and a second end, said longitudinal member having a surface that exhibits a highly reflective characteristic at visible light wavelengths along a substantially continuous pathway of said surface; a first wing member and a second wing member that are each pivotally attached to said longitudinal member proximal to said first end, said first wing member having a first wing end and a second wing end, and said second wing member having a third wing end and a fourth wing end, said first and second wing members being pivotable about a first pivot axis that intersects said longitudinal member, said first wing member's first wing end being supported at said first pivot axis and said first wing member's second wing end being unsupported by any other structure, said second wing member's third wing end being supported at said first pivot axis and said second wing member's fourth wing end being unsupported by any other structure, said first and second wing members each having a surface that exhibits a highly reflective characteristic at visible light wavelengths along a substantially continuous pathway of said surface for each of the first and second wing members, said first and second wing members forming a first wing set; a first magnet attached to said longitudinal member at said first pivot axis; a third wing member and a fourth wing member that are each pivotally attached to said longitudinal member, said third wing member having a fifth wing end and a sixth wing end, and said fourth wing member having a seventh wing end and an eighth wing end, said third wing member and said fourth wing member both being pivotable about a second pivot axis that intersects said longitudinal member at a location that is spaced-apart from said first pivot axis, said third wing member's fifth wing end being supported at said second pivot axis and said third wing member's sixth wing end being unsupported by any other structure, said fourth wing member's seventh wing end being supported at said second pivot axis and said fourth wing member's eighth wing end being unsupported by any other structure, said third and fourth wing members each having a surface that exhibits a highly reflective characteristic at visible light wavelengths along a substantially continuous pathway of said surface for each of the third and fourth wing members, said third and fourth wing members forming a second wing set; and a second magnet attached to said longitudinal member at said second pivot axis; wherein, when the pivotable positions of said first, second, third, and fourth wing members are not substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said longitudinal member, then said first, second, third, and fourth wing members extend beyond both said first and second longitudinal edges of said longitudinal member wherein said first, second, third, and fourth wing members are pivotable in the range of zero degrees through 360 degrees with respect to said longitudinal axis of said longitudinal member, and as such said wing members may be folded into a compact position near zero degrees, for ease of storage, such that the pivotable positions of said first, second, third, and fourth wing members are then substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said longitudinal member, and then said first, second, third, and fourth wing members do not substantially extend beyond both said first and second longitudinal edges of said longitudinal member.