Patent ID: 7179406

Claim:
A method of making a molding apparatus for fabricating a one-piece reflective pavement marker, said molding apparatus having a cavity portion and a core portion with inclined and protruded prismatic cube corner forming elements, said method comprising the steps: a) providing forming means for fabrication of said prismatic cube corner forming elements, said forming elements being attached to a multiple of protruding segments within said core block portion of said apparatus, said core block portion comprising of at least three segments, a lower cubical holding block, an inclined and protruded middle segments attached to said cubical holding block, and an upper prismatic cube corner forming elements, said inclined middle portion includes multiple of protruding segments, said protruding segments are either formed integrally with said prismatic cube corner forming elements, or said protruding segments can have attachments of multiple of pre-electroformed prismatic cube corner forming elements.