Patents Assigned to Brite-Line Industries, Inc.
  • High brightness durable retro-reflecting microspheres and method of making the same
    Patent number: 5576097
    Abstract: High brightness durable retro-reflecting microspheres for retro-reflection and related uses (and a novel method of forming the same) is provided embodying a retro-reflective vitreous glass microsphere encapsulated in a hardened clear non-vitreous metal-oxide ceramic shell of substantially the same index of fraction as the microsphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Brite-Line Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles W. Wyckoff
  • Surface marker strip and methods for providing improved integrity and adhesion to roadways and the like
    Patent number: 5139590
    Abstract: An improved roadway marker rubber-like strip in which the upper layer is deformed into protruberances such as wedges or ridges, preferably provided with a coating of exposed retro-reflective beads, that have been cross-link-vulcanized to provide the same with memory that permits shape restoration following depression by vehicle traffic, and a cold-flow un-vulcanized bottom layer adhered to the roadway and conforming without memory to the same under vehicle traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Brite-Line Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles W. Wyckoff