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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2002
David L. Kelly, Sacramento, CA (US);
Richard W. Schutte, Dumont, NJ (US);
Michael Recker, Spring Branch, TX (US);
Meadow Burke Products, Sacramento, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of providing a retrofit dowel to maintain adjacent concrete structures in alignment. The dowel is received in a longitudinal groove cut across the structures, and supported in spaced relationship to the bottom of the groove by feet on caps engaged over the ends of the dowel. The feet are positioned so as to be disposed to either side of the dowel. Wings extending laterally of the end caps engage the sides of the groove to center the dowel within the groove and secure it in place. The end caps include structure to secure them from inadvertent displacement from the dowel and stops to provide expansion space to the ends of the dowel, and are translucent to enable the position of a dowel received therein to be visually observed.