Foldable road reflector device

Claim 1

A road reflector device comprising, in combination: a base member; bearing means on said base member; two pivotable supporting arms held in said bearing means; said pivotable supporting arms being comprised of bent wire; spring means connected to said supporting arms for urging said arms toward an upper surface of said base member; said two arms being urged by said springs to pivot in opposite rotational directions; a vertical member held in standing position on said base member when abutted by said two arms on opposite sides of said vertical member; and light reflector means carried by said vertical member; said base member being a single one-piece plate-shaped member; said vertical member being detached from said base member and standing freely on said base member when in a vertical position, said vertical member standing on said base member free from being structurally connected to said base member, said arms abutting said vertical member at a substantial distance from said base member, said vertical member being freely removable from between said arms without disconnecting said vertical member from said base member, said arms being urged to pivot and contact the upper surface of said base member by said spring means after removal of said vertical member from between said arms, each arm being pivotally held in said bearing means at a substantial distance along the base member from the position of contact of said vertical member with said base member so that said arm forms substantially the hypotenuse of a right triangle having one arm along the base member and one arm along said vertical member; said arms being pivoted to lie against said base member when said vertical member is removed from between said arms; the triangular structure forming supporting means for said vertical member.