Expansion joint

Means for forming a recessed expansion joint to be seated in a narrow slot between two portions of a structure formed about said joint each portion having a surface in the same horizontal plane, said means comprising a pair of spaced elongated channel members one located on each side of the joint and recessed below the surface of said structure and anchored to said structure, each of said channel members having an upwardly opening slot extending the length thereof, and a strip of resilient material spanning the space between said channel members, said strip having a pair of legs forming a U-shaped body portion, the upper ends of said legs being reversely bent and having outwardly extending header portions, the legs of said body being generally parallel and positioned immediately adjacent each other to form a closure member the cross-sectional thickness of the legs of which is substantially equal to the width of said slot, said legs extending downwardly into and normally parallel to the sides of said slot, said strip having a pair of coupler elements one on the end of each of said header portions and of a size and shape to be detachably inserted through said slots into said channels, anchor means on each of said channels for securing the channels to the structure to be formed, said channel members and said strip both being recessed below said surfaces of said two portions of said structure.