Patent ID: 7639161

Claim:
Port marker ( 1 ) of the type which comprises a means of lighting ( 2 ), characterized in that: the marker is intended to be positioned next to an obligatory port navigation light signal in the form of red ( 3 ) and green ( 4 ) light signals, lighting columns or lighthouses at a port entrance, the marker comprises a self-supporting arch ( 5 ) having a maximum height which is essentially greater than the height of the light signal, lighting column or lighthouse of the obligatory port navigation light signal, and it has an electronic unit for powering and controlling ( 6 ) the lighting means; said lighting means are distributed between the two ends of the self supporting arch along the length thereof and are disposed such as to be visible to a boat or similar vessel approaching the port; the colour of said lighting means corresponds to that of the obligatory lighting column, lighthouse or light signal at the entrance to the port, which can be is red or green.