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Floor dowel sleeve for concrete slab seams

  • US 10,323,406 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/2018
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A floor dowel sleeve for receiving a dowel plate that spans between and vertically supports concrete slabs at a seam between the concrete slabs, said floor dowel sleeve comprising:

  • a rectangular-shaped body portion having exterior side walls and an end wall that surround a cavity configured to receive a dowel plate at an opening opposite the end wall, wherein the exterior side walls include two longitudinal planar surfaces and transverse side edges that extend between the two longitudinal planar surfaces;

    a pair of break-away interior walls that each have a transverse planar surface that extends continuously within the cavity from the opening to the end wall and extends vertically between the two longitudinal planar surfaces of the exterior side walls, wherein the break-away interior walls are continuously spaced from the transverse side edges of the exterior side walls to provide an elongated void extending along each of the transverse side edges from the end wall to the opening; and

    wherein the body portion is configured to receive the dowel plate in the cavity between the break-away interior walls, and wherein the break-away interior walls are configured to at least partially break-away from at least one of the two longitudinal planar surfaces upon lateral horizontal movement of the dowel plate within the cavity.

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