Expansion joint cover

US 6,499,265 B2
Expansion joint cover
Thomas A. Shreiner, Picture Rocks, Pa. (US)
Assigned to Construction Specialties, Inc., Lebanon, N.J. (US)
Filed on 28-Aug-2001, as Appl. No. Construction Specialties, Inc., Lebanon, N.J. (US)
Int. Cl.7E04F 15/14

US 6,499,265 B2 Expansion joint cover Thomas A. Shreiner, Picture Rocks, Pa. (US) Assigned to Construction Specialties, Inc., Lebanon, N.J. (US) Filed on Aug. 28, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/941,269. Claims priority of provisional application 60/233078, filed on Sep. 15, 2000. Prior Publication US 2002/0032997 A1, Mar. 21, 2002 Int. Cl.7E04F 15/14 U.S. Cl. 528212;393 15 Claims 1. An expansion joint cover for bridging an expansion gap between first and second building floor members, comprising a pivot frame adapted to be affixed to the first floor building member, the pivot frame including a base portion and a longitudinally continuous bearing of spherical cross-section supported by and above the base portion, a slide frame adapted to be affixed to the second building floor member, a cover unit pivotally mounted in spaced-apart relation to a proximal end thereof on the bearing in cantilevered relation to the bearing, adapted to span the gap, and having a distal end supported on the slide frame, and a plurality of spaced-apart compression spring units engaged between the base portion of the pivot frame and a portion of the cover unit intermediate the proximal end and the bearing and biasing the cover unit about the bearing so as to forcibly engage the distal end of the cover unit with the slide frame.