Traffic Cone with a Reflective Sleeve

Abstract

A traffic cone has a conical body and at least one reflective sleeve. The at least one reflective sleeve is mounted on and around a conical portion of the conical body. Multiple adhering portions and multiple non-adhering portions are alternately arranged on a laminating surface of the at least one reflective sleeve. The adhering portions are adhered to the conical portion of the conical body. Thus, even though the at least one reflective sleeve and the conical body are different materials and have different coefficients of thermal expansion, the non-adhering portions provide rooms for expansion of the conical portion and the at least one reflective sleeve. Therefore, the at least one reflective sleeve is capable of remaining smoothly and securely attached despite the traffic cone being exposed to significant variations in the temperature of the environment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A traffic cone comprising
 a conical body having
 a conical portion tapering from a bottom of the conical portion to a top of the conical portion and having an outer conical surface; and 
 a bottom panel formed around the bottom of the conical portion; 
   at least one reflective sleeve mounted on and around the conical portion, and each of the at least one reflective sleeve having
 a reflective surface; and 
 a laminating surface corresponding to the outer conical surface of the conical portion; 
   multiple adhering portions separately disposed on the laminating surface of the at least one reflective sleeve and adhered to the outer conical surface of the conical portion; and   multiple non-adhering portions defined on the laminating surface of the at least one reflective sleeve and separately defined between the adhering portions;   wherein the adhering portions and the non-adhering portions are alternately arranged around the outer conical surface of the conical portion.   
     
     
         2 . The traffic cone as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the outer conical surface of the conical portion is smooth. 
     
     
         3 . The traffic cone as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the conical portion further has multiple recesses separately formed in the outer conical surface of the conical portion and respectively corresponding to the non-adhering portions.