Pavement for traffic area with pavement elements made of artificial stone material

Abstract

The invention relates to pavement material for traffic areas which consists of artificial stone material. Said pavement material is characterized in that it comprises normal pavement elements and symbol-carrying pavement elements. It is furthermore characterized in that when a spatially coherent group of symbol pavement elements is viewed the symbol pavement elements of said group are arranged so as to have the same direction.

1 . A pavement for traffic areas, constructed with pavement elements made of artificial stone material, with the following characteristics: 
 marked pavement elements with markings having a meaning are provided, in which an understanding of the marking having a meaning is dependent upon the direction of the pavement element in the pavement; and    normal pavement elements, and wherein the marked pavement elements are provided at individual locations of the pavement where information is intended to be passed, in each case as a group including several of the marked pavement elements; and    the marked pavement elements of the respective group are all oriented in the pavement in the same direction.    
     
     
         2 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein the marked pavement elements have such a shape that they are positionable in only one orientation in the pavement.  
     
     
         3 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 2   , wherein the marked pavement elements each have at least one contoured region in their periphery which cooperates with a complementary region in a neighboring pavement element to determine the direction.  
     
     
         4 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein within the group the marked pavement elements have a regular interval from one another.  
     
     
         5 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 4   , wherein the regular interval in a first direction of the pavement is different from the regular interval in a second direction of the pavement.  
     
     
         6 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein the marked pavement elements differ from the normal pavement elements by the optical differentiation of a symbol.  
     
     
         7 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein at least some of the marked pavement elements include spacing projections at the periphery.  
     
     
         8 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein at least some of the normal pavement elements include spacing projections at the periphery.  
     
     
         9 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein at least some of the marked pavement elements and at least some of the normal pavement elements include spacing projections at the periphery.  
     
     
         10 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein material omission locations are provided in at least some of the marked pavement elements, such that efficient water drainage openings are formed in the pavement.  
     
     
         11 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein material omission locations are provided in at least some of the normal pavement elements, such that efficient water drainage openings are formed in the pavement.  
     
     
         12 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein material omission locations are provided in at least some of the marked pavement elements and in at least some of the normal pavement elements, such that efficient water drainage openings are formed in the pavement.  
     
     
         13 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 1   , wherein the marked pavement elements have such a shape that they are positionable in a small number of orientations in the pavement.  
     
     
         14 . A pavement for traffic areas according to    claim 13   , wherein the marked pavement elements each have at least one contoured region in their periphery which cooperates with a complementary region in a neighboring pavement element to determine the direction.