Patent ID: 7794103
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: E01F,E04H,F21S,F21Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A parking space barrier block comprising, in combination: a housing including a transparent top panel and first and second transparent end panels forming boundaries about a main internal pocket, the housing including first and second side panels extending between the first and second transparent end panels thereby defining front and rear tire-engagable side panels of the barrier block, respectively, the front and rear tire-engagable side panels being adapted in length to restrain the parking movement of a vehicle tire; a photovoltaic solar panel enclosed in the main internal pocket subjacent the transparent top panel for receiving skylight illumination, the solar panel having a voltage output terminal for supplying operating voltage in response to illumination of the solar panel by skylight; an electrical charge storage unit enclosed in the main internal pocket, the charge storage unit having a charging node electrically coupled to the voltage output terminal of the solar panel; a lighting assembly enclosed in the main internal pocket, the lighting assembly including first and second marker lamps positioned in illuminating proximity adjacent the first and second transparent end panels, respectively, and first and second hazard warning lamps positioned in illuminating proximity adjacent the transparent top panel; and a power control circuit enclosed in the internal pocket and coupled between the charging node of the charge storage unit and the lighting assembly for controlling the application of operating voltage to the lighting assembly.