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Road structure, process, or apparatus January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/10

20100021232 - Flexible marker device: A flexible marker device comprises a marker body having a bottom end and a top end, and a base for supporting the marker body. The base has an aperture in a center portion thereof and a groove extending about the aperture in an upper surface of the base. The bottom... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20100021233 - Seam sealer apparatus and method of sealing seams on an asphalt road: Seam sealer for sealing seams in an asphalt paving operation has electric heaters and heats a seam area that includes a narrow strip of previously laid-down asphalt and a narrow strip of the road surface to be paved. A temperature sensor senses temperature of the seam area. A control system... Agent: Lambert & Associates, P.l.l.c.

20100021234 - Propulsion and steering system for a road milling machine: A propulsion system is for a road milling machine with a rotatable cutter drum (3). The system includes four crawler assemblies (12) movably coupled with the mainframe so as to define front and rear, and left and right, pairs of crawler assemblies. Four steering actuators (14) are each coupled with... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100021235 - Curb and gutter forming machine: A curb forming machine for use by a single operator to form curved curbing includes a single rotatable curb-forming roller, a handle assembly for pulling and maneuvering the roller, and a motor for rotating the roller. The roller includes a generally cylindrical body, a neck at one end of the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100014914 - Water wall: A water-ballasted barrier system incorporates a concave reflective design, wherein outer walls of the barrier segment are configured in a concave manner. The concave section is designed to prevent the tire of a vehicle, impacting the barrier, from climbing up the side of the barrier segment, by pocketing the tire... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20100014915 - Method and system for repairing cracks in a paved surface: The present invention relates to a method of repairing a crack in a paved surface. This method involves applying a watertight tape over a crack in a paved surface to cover the crack and form a first layer. The tape is applied with an adhesive. The first layer is contacted... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20100014916 - Paving machine control and method: A control is provided for a machine that applies a material to a subgrade and pulls a floating screed over the top surface of the material behind the machine. The floating screed is attached to the machine by at least one tow arm at a tow point on the tow... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20100014917 - Milling machine with cutter drum speed control: A milling machine includes a main frame, a rotatable cutter drum coupled with the frame, and an engine mounted to the frame and operatively connected with the drum, and crawler assemblies connected with the frame and including a hydraulic motor. A pump is disposed on the frame for driving the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100014918 - Boom assembly for holding hose outputting liquefied paving material: A hose holder boom assembly (10) includes a first pivotal connector (128) pivotally mounting an open end (122) of a first tube (120) to a sidewall (114) of a cabinet (44) about a first pivot axis. A second pivotal connector (128) mounts an open end (132) of a second tube... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100008718 - System and method for slip forming concrete slotted drains: A system for making slotted drains of slip-formed concrete can comprise concrete, a block, a drain path forming structure, a hopper and a mold. The hopper can be for receiving concrete and for providing concrete to the mold for molding concrete. The mold can comprise a drain member guide, a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100008719 - Grating: A cover grating for a drainage channel or a similarly hollow body which can be installed in the ground is presented, wherein the cover grating is produced in a single piece and more particularly from a sheet metal strip, comprising at least two longitudinal webs extending on the underside of... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100008720 - Check-point vehicle tire puncturing and deflating assembly: This invention relates generally to devices that are used by law enforcement agencies and others for intentionally puncturing the rubber tires of a motor vehicle. More particularly, this invention relates to an assembly that can be placed in front of or in back of one or more tires of a... Agent: Joseph S. Heino, Esq. Davis & Kuelthau, S.c.

20100008722 - Combined road safety barrier made from wood and metal, intended for vehicle lateral impact containment and having aesthetic qualities and containment and redirection capability: Contention system for lateral impacts from vehicles, of the kind formed from a mixed metal and wooden horizontal continuous rail, comprising two or more wooden logs of equal cross-section, preferably rectangular, fitted with the same metal profile of cross-section preferably in the form of a “sigma” and longitudinally connected together... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20100008721 - Vehicle restraint system: The invention relates to a vehicle restraint system provided for delimiting roadways and including guide barriers (1) which are placed next to one another in a detachable manner. Each guide barrier (1) includes a housing-type base body (2) that can be placed upright on the ground and a guide rail... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20100008723 - Sidewalk grader apparatus and method: A sidewalk grader provided for grading a sidewalk base disposed along a curb of an existing road structure. The sidewalk grader comprises a tracking assembly fixable to a vertically adjustable backfill blade of a compact excavator positioned to move forward over an existing road structure to advance the sidewalk grader.... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20100008724 - Surfacing compositions and methods: Asphalt surfacing compositions and methods involving asphalt millings, water, and an amount of a polyvinyl alcohol sufficient to bind the millings such that a load-bearing asphalt paving surface is formed upon application of the composition to a material are provided.... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20100008725 - Roller drum assembly for packing a surface: A roller drum assembly includes a roller drum for rotationally engaging a surface, a frame connected to the roller drum for manually controlling movement of the assembly, a tank mounted on the frame for retaining a liquid, and conduits mounted on the frame for directing the liquid from the tank... Agent: Scott R. Foster Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20100003078 - Anti-terror car-attack defending apparatus: A car-attack defending apparatus includes a pressure-sensitive reaction module, an emergent airbag-inflation module, a crash barrier module, and an integral exterior unit module, wherein the pressure-sensitive reaction module has a pressure-sensitive setting and triggering mechanism, the emergent inflation airbag module has an emergent airbag expansion mechanism, and the crash barrier... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20100003079 - Method of installing depressible pavement marker: A retractable, reflective pavement marker for delineating traffic lanes of roadways and a method of installing the same that provides improved protection from potentially damaging vehicle tires, snowplows, and environmental conditions. The marker incorporates a reflector assembly mounted to a piston that is depressible within a housing. A biasing means... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100003080 - Dowel device with closed end speed cover: Disclosed are a concrete dowel placement devices and a method of utilizing the same. A metallic stud is driven, screwed, or otherwise attached to a form. The stud may be a unitary structure, or may be a hollow tube with conventional fastening means such as nails and screws extending through... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker