Pop-Up Flashing Cones Inc. Presents New Traffic Flare Designed to Replace Incendiary Type.Business Editors GARDEN GROVE Garden Grove, city (1990 pop. 143,050), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded 1877, inc. 1956. Many of its residents work in nearby aerospace and defense installations, and there is light manufacturing. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 26, 2003 A new-generation, battery-powered traffic flare designed to replace the conventional incendiary INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. 2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states according to their several provisions. flare used at night by police and fire departments has been developed by Pop-Up Flashing Cones Inc., according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Michael Leake, president of the Garden-Grove-based company. The innovative device called "Nite Flare," measures 5 inches in diameter by 1 1/4 inches deep, and a group of 12 in a cluster at night effectively replace the commonly-used 30-minute burning flares. The units flash a warning light visible from greater distances than the conventional burning flares. "Since Nite Flare is reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us indefinitely in·def·i·nite adj. Not definite, especially: a. Unclear; vague. b. Lacking precise limits: an indefinite leave of absence. c. , we can put a stop to the tens of millions of taxpayer dollars that go up in smoke every night over the years from the use and cleanup of incendiary flares all over the country," Leake said. Pop-Up Flashing Cones Inc. also offers a traffic cone which stores in a sturdy 2 1/2-inch by one-square-foot base and telescopes by a gentle tug to a full 28 inches high. Each cone is equipped with a battery-powered flashing light Flashing Light is a rhythmic light in which the total duration of the light in each period is clearly shorter than the total duration of the darkness and in which the flashes of light are all of equal duration. unit. Four of the cones can be stacked in a soft carrying case -- taking up only one cubic foot of space -- and conveniently stored in the trunk of a police or fire department vehicle. Nite Flare and Pop-Up Cones are marketed in both the governmental and private sectors. The products can be viewed on a 5-minute film at the company's Web site: www.pop-upflashingcones.com. |
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