Expansion joint cover and drain
OwnerEarl M. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A system for protecting and draining expansion joints joining juxtaposed discrete sections of construction materials is disclosed in which a pair of laterally disposed sheet members having free ends rebent into moveably interlocked curves, and secured ends fixed to the construction material sections cooperate to form a liquid collector between the sections of construction materials such that compensation for changes in the width of the gap is accomplished by relative movement of the interlocked curves. A cover member spans the joint above the sheet members.
Claims11
A system for protecting and draining expansion joints joining juxtaposed sections of construction materials of varying gap width comprising:
- a pair of laterally disposed sheet members having free ends rebent into moveably interlocked curves, and having secured ends each of which is secured to the corresponding opposite one of said construction material sections, the pair of laterally disposed sheet members cooperating to form a liquid collector between the sections of construction material and wherein at least a portion of the compensation for change in the width of the gap is accomplished by relative movement of the interlocked curves;
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- cover member spanning the expansion joint above said pair of laterally disposed sheet members, and fixed to at least one of said juxtaposed sections of construction material.
A system for protecting and draining expansion joints joining juxtaposed sections of construction materials of varying gap width comprising:
- a pair of laterally disposed sheet members having their free ends rebent into moveably interlocked curves, wherein each of said pair of laterally disposed sheet members has its other end secured to the corresponding opposite one of said sections of construction material, the pair of laterally disposed sheet members cooperating to form a liquid collector between said sections of construction material and wherein all of the compensation for changes in the width of the gap is accomplished by relative movement of the interlocked curves;
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- cover member spanning the expansion joint above said pair of laterally disposed sheet members, and fixed to at least one of said juxtaposed construction material sections.
A system for protecting and draining expansion joints joining juxtaposed sections of construction materials of varying gap width comprising:
- a pair of laterally disposed sheet metal members having free ends rebent into moveably interlocked curves, wherein each of said pair of laterally disposed sheet metal members has its other end secured to the corresponding opposite one of said sections of construction material, the pair of laterally disposed sheet members cooperating to form a liquid collector between said sections of construction material and wherein at least a portion of the compensation for change in the width of the gap is accomplished by relative movement of the interlocked curves;
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- a cover member spanning the expansion joint above said pair of laterally disposed sheet members, and fixed to at least one of said juxtaposed construction material sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.