Ring topped road delineator with sheltered tie-on terminal

Abstract

A road delineator includes an upright sidewall having circular cross-section, and an outwardly extending support flange at a lower end for standing the apparatus in an upright attitude. An upper end of the sidewall engages an elongated donut-shaped rim defining a vertical aperture. A mushroom shaped, and upwardly directed, tie-on terminal is mounted within the vertical aperture. A circular weighting member engages with the support flange for holding the delimiter in the upright attitude. A warning tape may be strung between plural of these road delimiters to form a hazard boundary.

1 . An apparatus comprising: an upright stand terminating at an upper end thereof, with an integral frame defining an aperture; the frame and the upper end of the upright stand joined at a crotch; and, a tie-on terminal extending from the crotch, upwardly into the aperture.  
   
   
       2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the upright stand is generally cylindrical.  
   
   
       3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the upright stand is generally cone shaped.  
   
   
       4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the upright stand is generally rectangular and upwardly tapered.  
   
   
       5 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the upright stand comprises plural contiguous, coaxial, sections including a base section, a center section joined to the base section at an inwardly directed annular step, and an upper section joined to the center section at an outwardly directed annular step.  
   
   
       6 . The apparatus of  claim 3  wherein the upright stand comprises two contiguous, coaxial, sections including a central section, and joined to the central section at an outwardly directed annular step, an upper section.  
   
   
       7 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the tie-on terminal is in the form of a mushroom.  
   
   
       8 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the tie-on terminal is in the form of a shaft with outwardly extending pimples adjacent an end of the shaft.  
   
   
       9 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein a terminal end of the shaft provides a bolt hole therein.  
   
   
       10 . An apparatus comprising in combination: a plurality of spaced apart delimiters, each of the delimiters providing at an upper end thereof, an integral frame defining an aperture; the frame and the upper end joined at a crotch; and, a tie-on terminal extending from the crotch, upwardly into the aperture; and a flexible elongate member wrapped about the tie-on terminal of each of the delimiters in turn to define a boundary.  
   
   
       11 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein the flexible elongate member is a crime scene control tape.