Patent ID: 6158919
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: E01F

Abstract:
An elongated, extended-life marker post, said elongated, extended-life marker post for carrying information thereon, said elongated, extended-life marker post having a first end for securing the post in an upright position and an opposite end for pounding thereon to drive said marker post into the upright position;a plurality of glass strands, said plurality of strands running a lengthwise direction to provide sufficient stiffness to ensure installation and sufficient flexibility to bend add return to an upright vertical condition;a plurality of glass fibers, said plurality of glass fibers located in a transverse direction to provide strength to said post in a transverse direction;a surface mat proximate said plurality of glass fibers, said surface mat providing a smooth finish to inhibit bloom on said post;a layer of resin located around said glass fibers and said glass strands with said resin including a pigment of a first color a first normally obscured color throughout said marker post;a non-transparent, breachable surface coating containing an ultraviolet blocking agent extending around said post to prevent rays from striking said resin, said breachable surface coating having a second pigment of a second color therein with said second pigment providing the principal color to said marker post with said resin having substantially the same color pigment therein so that, in the event the breachable surface coating should be breached, the underlying color of said resin would be exposed so that a person looking at said marker post from a distance would the marker post as one color.