Patent ID: 7080491

Claim:
An expansion joint cover comprising: a pair of elongated frames, one of which is adapted to be secured in the lengthwise direction thereof to a building member extending along one side of an expansion gap and the other of which is adapted to be secured in the lengthwise direction thereof to another building member extending along the other side of the expansion gap, and each of which frames has an elongated planar support surface extending along the expansion gap, and an elongated cover that is adapted to span the expansion gap and is supported on the planar support surfaces of the respective frames for sliding movement of the frames relative to the cover in a direction transverse to the expansion gap, wherein the cover includes a modular center plate made up of a plurality of formed members, each formed member being rectangular in plan and of uniform cross-section along an axis in the transverse direction thereof and having side edges parallel to the axis, and the formed members being arranged with their side edges adjacent each other and with their ends overlying the planar support surfaces of the frames for said sliding movement relative thereto.