Light-reflective road marker

Claim 1

A road marker, providing a cup-like casing having a bottom and being open at the top; a molded resilient diaphragm peripherally anchored to the casing and extending across the casing to close the same; an elongated, substantially flat and rigid reflector lens with opposite faces; and a lens mount in said diaphragm, providing a rigid longitudinal holder permanently molded in said diaphragm substantially in the middle thereof and below said casing top whereby said holder imparts its rigidity to a portion of the diaphragm surrounding said holder, and a rigid longitudinal mounting base on and integral with said lens, with said base being received in and locked to said holder for holding said lens on said diaphragm with said faces in normally erect disposition thereon, and said lens being of a height normally to project with said faces above said casing top, said diaphragm portion, holder and lens including its locked base in said holder together forming a rigid unit tilting about a longitudinal axis of said holder on impact with one of said lens faces of a plow blade on its pass over said casing top, said diaphragm being on opposite sides of said portion thereof of adequate expanse to yield to the lens in its tilt out of the way of a passing plow blade, and said diaphragm being sufficiently spaced from said casing bottom to yield on the ride of a vehicle tire over said casing top and lens.