.~> Vibration inducing member (e.g., road stud, speed bump) {1}
DEFINITION
Classification: 404/9
(under the class definition) Subject matter regulating the flow of vehicles or pedestrians by either modifying the pavement structure or by markers which extend above the pavement to guide vehicles, but do not provide specific information such as yield, stop, merge, etc.
(1) Note. A sign, signal or reflector as such is not considered subject matter for Class 404, unless, road structure is modified beyond the mere mounting, holding or support for such component. For example, a "STOP" sign permanently fastened to a pavement or mid-island curb is not classifiable in Class 404, (see search note to Class 40, below); while the same sign counterbalanced within a recess in the roadway-ordinarily up and visible but capable of retraction into the recess when contracted by a vehicle wheel-classifiable in Class 404.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
6+, barrier means which physically determine the direction of, or stops, vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, 541+, for illuminated signs, subclasses 584+ for signs in general, and especially subclass 612 for highway signs which impart information (e.g., "STOP", "OHIO AVE", "NO PARKING", etc.) whether permanently affixed to a road or merely mounted nearby.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings),
103+, for a land marker.
116, Signals and Indicators,
63, for moving-type street traffic indicators.
248, Supports,
158, and 160 for a traffic director.
340, Communications: Electrical, appropriate subclasses, for electrical signals. Note particularly
908.1, for barricade type.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
515+, for signal reflectors and subclasses 543+ for signal reflectors mounting means. Class 359 provides for an optical feature, beyond the mere recitation of a lens or reflector,
in combination with support structure; while Class 404 provides for an optical feature in combination with traffic barrier or traffic director means, e.g., a prismatic reflector set flush into a roadway is classifiable in Class 359, while a prismatic reflector on a small raised button-like member along a lane marker is classifiable in Class 404. 362, Illumination,
153.1, for illuminating sources, and reflectors or supports therefore, adaptable to signaling.
441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices,
28, and 29 for floating devices (e.g., buoys) which are ballasted to control their movement.
