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Tapered Load Plate for Transferring Loads Between Cast-In-Place Slabs

  • US 20100242401A1
  • Filed: 03/29/2010
  • Published: 09/30/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tapered load plate for use in a system for restricting certain movement, accommodating certain other movement and transferring loads between a first concrete on-ground cast-in-place slab and a second concrete on-ground cast-in-place slab, comprising:

  • a main plate having a first end configured to be placed in operative connection with the first slab and a second end configured to be placed in operative connection with the second slab, wherein the main plate is constructed to transfer between the first and second slabs a load applied to either of the slabs directed substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the first slab, the main plate further comprising a first side and a second side, each extending between the first end and the second end, andan extension configured to be securable to the main plate such that;

    a first end of the extension is adjacent to the first end of the main plate and configured to be operatively connected to the first slab;

    a second end of the extension is adjacent to the second end of the main plate and configured to be operatively connected to the second slab;

    at least a portion of a first side of the extension that extends between the first end and the second end is operatively connected to the first side of the main plate; and

    a second side of the extension tapers as it traverses from the first end to the second end of the extension, such that the second side is not parallel with the first side of the extension, wherein a tapered load plate is formed in which the main plate and the extension are configured to span a joint between the first and second slabs and move together.

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