Patent ID: 6785991
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A collapsible traffic control sign for providing an alert warning to approaching traffic, said traffic control sign comprising:a collapsible frame including first, second, and third frame members and a pair of cooperating link members, a first link member being pivotally connected at a first end to said first frame member and being pivotally connected at a second end to said second frame member, a second link member being pivotally connected at a first end to said third frame member and being pivotally connected at a second end to said second frame member; a plurality of lights disposed on said first and second link members; illuminating means for delivering power to said plurality of lights; and wherein said collapsible frame is constructed and arranged to be moveable between a collapsed condition and an opened condition, such that in said collapsed condition said first and second frame members are substantially contiguous to each other and said second and third frame members are substantially contiguous to each other, in said open condition, said first, second and third frame members are spaced apart from each other.