Cats Eyes Road Inventor

Fascinating 1960s documentary on Yorkshire eccentric Percy Shaw - the inventor of Cats Eyes.

Cats eyes road inventor. Now here was a safecheap and simple way of keeping motorists on the right side of the road. Many inventors don t patent their ideas because they don t know how or think it is too expensive so they lose this option. He patented the reflective road stud or cats eye in 1934 and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935.

The History of Cats Eyes. Photos in the public domain. This simple invention is still in use today and with more and more traffic on the roads is more important than ever in defining where the centre of a road is.

Percy Shaw s Catseye road studs are an example of how patents and trade marks can be the foundation for a successful business the firm he founded is still thriving decades later. Get premium high resolution news photos at Getty Images. The inventor of cats eyes was Percy Shaw of Boothtown Halifax West Yorkshire.

He is best known for inventing the cats eye the reflective block that is set into roads to make it easier for motorists to identify the division between lanes and the edges of the roads at night. A very frequent question asked on driving lessons by students who are studying for their theory tests concerns the colours of the cats eyes road studs that are seen between the lanes and slip roads on dual carriageways and other major roads in the uk. In 1934 he developed the reflective cats eye to help drivers follow the road in darkness or fog.

Jim Rees tells the story of Percy Shaw the inventor of Cats Eyes Arent reflecting roadstuds wonderful. Percy Shaw was a British businessman and inventor. Cats eyes are now set in rubber domes that are mounted in an iron housing.

Both are non-negotiably creepy. The light reflecting from the eyes of a cat. Intelligent cats eyes latest developments His invention and patent of 1935 for two self- cleaning glass and metal beads.