Patent ID: 6511256
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
A pavement marker for providing a signal on an associated roadway surface visible to a driver of an oncoming vehicle, said pavement marker comprising a base member, said base member comprisinga bottom portion adapted to be mounted to the associated roadway surface, and a top portion comprising a volume, said volume having a front edge surface and top and bottom surfaces, said volume comprising a light transmissible fluorescent resin material, said light transmissible fluorescent material comprising a polymer having in its backbone moieties that either absorb UV light or that are capable of undergoing rearrangement to moieties that absorb UV light, whereby light received by said volume comprising a light-transmissible fluorescent resin material results in light being directed through said volume and emitted through said front edge surface to provide a signal visible to a driver of an oncoming vehicle.