Patent ID: 6061940
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A marker assembly comprising:a flexible tile including layers of plastic material joined together for affixation to a road surface;a color coding material incorporated in a front layer of said layers of plastic material;said layers of plastic material further including a backing layer on said front layer of plastic material of contrasting color therewith;a fused interface bonding said front layer and said backing layer in superimposed relation forming a unitary structure of plastic material capable of flexing to conform to a road surface;indicia in said flexible tile formed by removal of a portion of said front layer corresponding to a configuration of said indicia for supplying information concerning a utility located thereby;elongated mechanical fasteners;spaced opposed marginal openings in said tile for receiving the elongated mechanical fasteners in the road surface against which said tile is to be fastened for flexing the tile to conform to the road surface;an adhesive product for application to a back surface of said tile to fasten the tile to the road surface;a container for carrying the tile, the elongated mechanical fasteners, and the adhesive product; andsaid flexible tile, said mechanical fasteners and said adhesive product being retained by said container in juxtaposition for applying adhesive to the back surface of said flexible tile prior to flexing the tile to conform to the road surface and thereafter securing the tile in such flexed position by insertion of the elongated fasteners into the road surface for retention and setting up of the adhesive.