Patent ID: 7748928

Claim:
A load plate sleeve assembly for maintaining a load plate in position between adjacent concrete slabs and facilitating controlled lateral movement of the load plate, said sleeve assembly comprising: a housing; and an insert clip coupled to said housing; said housing comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second opposing side wall extending between said top and bottom walls, and an end wall extending between said top and bottom wall, and between said first and second side walls, said top wall, said bottom wall, said opposing side walls, and said end wall defining an internal cavity, said housing further comprising a cavity access opening located opposite said end wall; said insert clip comprising: a first side wall and an opposing second side wall, each said side wall having a first end and a second end; an end wall extending between said first ends of said first and second side walls; a plurality of deformable centering fingers extending from said first side wall, and a plurality of deformable centering fingers extending from said second side wall; and a collapsible diamond shaped center support extending from said end wall, said insert clip positioned inside said internal cavity so that said first and second side walls of said insert clip are adjacent to and in contact with an inner surface of said first and second side walls of said housing, and said end wall of said insert clip is adjacent and in contact with said end wall of said housing, said collapsible diamond shape center support comprising a first member attached to said end wall of said insert clip, a second member attached to said first member, a third member attached to said second member, and a fourth member attached to said third member and to said end wall of said insert clip, said first, second, third, and fourth members attached end to end forming said diamond shaped center support; said end wall of said housing comprising a plurality of attachment openings extending therethrough, and said end wall of said insert clip comprising a plurality of attachment nubs, said attachment nubs extending through said attachment openings of said end wall of said housing.