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US 5,666,775 AGranted
Expansion joint cover
AssigneeConstruction Specialties, Inc.
InventorsThomas A. Shreiner, Roger W. Barr
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Abstract
An expansion joint cover for concealing an expansion gap between building members comprises retainers attached to building members on each side of the expansion gap and a cover panel spanning the expansion gap and overlying at least portions of the first and second retainers and a portion of the building member on at least one side of the gap. The cover panel is attached to the retainers by axially releasable fasteners, such as hook and loop fasteners.
Claims25
An expansion joint cover installation, comprising
- first and second building members defining an expansion gap,
- an elongated cover panel having a longitudinal axis, an internal face, an external face and side edges, the cover panel having a width transverse to the longitudinal axis such as to span and conceal the expansion gap and to overlie at least a portion of the building member on at least one side of the gap,
- and releasable fastener means for attaching the cover panel to at least one of the building members and retaining the cover panel in a position concealing and covering the expansion gap, the releasable fastener means being the sole means for retaining the cover panel in said position and being releasable upon application of a force on the cover panel in a direction away from the building members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.