US PATENT SUBCLASS 359 / 532
.~.~.~ Mounted adjacent roadway

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359 /   HD   OPTICS: SYSTEMS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION) AND ELEMENTS

515  DF  SIGNAL REFLECTOR {11}
529  DF  .~ 3-Corner retroreflective (i.e., cube corner, trihedral, or triple reflector type) {1}
530  DF  .~.~ Unitary plate or sheet comprising plural reflecting elements {3}
532.~.~.~ Mounted adjacent roadway

DEFINITION

Classification: 359/532

Mounted adjacent roadway:

(under subclass 530) Subject matter wherein the reflector is positioned off of the roadway surface but within viewing distance of the driver of a vehicle in order to enable easier viewing of the edge of the roadway.

(1) Note. A reflector sign permanently fastened to a road surface would belong in this subclass but the same reflector counterbalanced within a recess in the roadway - ordinarily up and visible but capable of retraction into the recess when contacted by the vehicle wheel is classified in Class 404.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

514, for signal reflector sealing from moisture or foreign particle.

547, for a unitary mass of discrete reflecting elements mounted on or adjacent the roadway.

552, for a broadly recited reflector mounted adjacent the roadway.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting,

612, for highway or street marker.

116, Signals and Indicators,

63+, for street traffic where the device for giving signals are generally due to some movement of some part or element from a normal or nonsignalling or signal-controlled position (e.g., a semaphore).

180, Motor Vehicles,

168, having controlling apparatus adapted to interact with stationary apparatus which describes the course of the vehicle's travel.

404, Road Structure, Process, or Apparatus,

9+, for traffic director where the reflector is not permanently fixed to the road surface.