Patent ID: 7688222
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: E01F,G08G

Abstract:
1. A road mounted indicator comprising: a housing comprising a base and at least one face extending generally upward from the base, wherein said housing is removably mountable in the path of oncoming vehicles such that the vehicles may pass over the indicator and one end of the face is adjacent to and extends generally upward from the surface of a roadway carrying the vehicles; the housing being constructed such that it can withstand the weight of the vehicles that may come in contact with the housing when the housing is mounted in the oath of oncoming vehicles; a non-photovoltaic power producing source housed in the housing and operable to produce electrical power from a source remotely located from the housing; an illumination device housed in the housing and positioned to transmit light through the face of the housing in the direction of the oncoming vehicles when the housing is mounted in the path of the oncoming vehicles; a circuit housed in the housing, electrically coupled to the power producing source and the first illumination source, the circuit operable to selectively cause the illumination device to generate light; and a wireless communications subsystem housed in the housing and operable to receive wireless communications at least from an external source remote from the housing.