Patent ID: 8659445

Claim:
A reinforcement device for a traffic control assembly, the traffic control assembly including a traffic signal disconnect hanger and/or a traffic signal, a lower span wire, an upper span wire, the upper span wire positioned above and supporting the traffic control assembly and a span wire clamp assembly including a pivot connected to the upper span wire, and having a pivot axis perpendicular to the upper span wire, the reinforcement device comprising: a connecting device operably connectable to and positionable above the traffic control assembly and below the upper span wire, the connecting device comprising: an upper connection device operably connectable to the span wire clamp assembly, the upper connection device having a first width measured across a face of the upper connection device; a lower connection device operably connected to the upper connection device, the lower connection device positionable above and operably connectable to the traffic control assembly, the lower connection device comprising a span wire engagement plate, the span wire engagement plate having a second width measured across a face of the span wire engagement plate that is connectable to the lower span wire, the second width being greater than the first width; and a linking device connecting the upper connection device to the lower connection device so that the upper connection device is movable relative to the lower connection device.