Wedge device for leveling tiles and clip set for use of same
OwnerClinton D. Bunch, Joshua A. Bunchinventors
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Abstract
A wedge device for leveling tiles and a clip set for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the wedge device, the wedge device includes a body having an attachment end, a penetrating edge, a top, and a bottom. The attachment end is coupled to a backstop member and the penetrating edge is configured to penetrate the clip member. The body includes an inclined plane tapering from the attachment end to the penetrating edge. A line-of-sight opening extends along a longitudinal axis of the body to provide visibility through the body from the top to the bottom.
Claims10
A wedge device for a tile leveling device including a clip member, the wedge device comprising:
- a backstop member;
- a body having an attachment end, a penetrating edge, a top, and a bottom, the attachment end being coupled to the backstop member, the penetrating edge being configured to penetrate the clip member, the penetrating edge being continuous the entire width of the body;
- the body including an inclined plane tapering from the attachment end to the penetrating edge;
- the body including a longitudinal axis from the attachment edge to the penetrating edge, the longitudinal axis having a longitudinal length;
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- a line-of-sight opening extending along the longitudinal axis and intersecting the longitudinal length from one-eighth (⅛) of the longitudinal length measured from the attachment end to one-eighth (⅛) of the longitudinal length measured from the penetrating edge, the line-of-sight opening providing visibility through the body from the top to the bottom, the line-of-sight opening sized to provide a user of the wedge device visual contact with tiles during a leveling operation.
A wedge device for a tile leveling device including a clip member, the wedge device comprising:
- a backstop member;
- a body having an attachment end, a penetrating edge, a top, and a bottom, the attachment end being coupled to the backstop member, the penetrating edge being configured to penetrate the clip member, the penetrating edge being continuous the entire width of the body;
- the body including an inclined plane tapering from the attachment end to the penetrating edge;
- the body including a longitudinal axis from the attachment edge to the penetrating edge, the longitudinal axis having a longitudinal length;
- the longitudinal length including a midpoint and a mediolateral axis bisecting the midpoint creating a first longitudinal length segment and a second longitudinal length segment;
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- a line-of-sight opening extending along the longitudinal axis and intersecting the first longitudinal length segment and the second longitudinal length segment, the line-of-sight opening providing visibility through the body from the top to the bottom, the line-of-sight opening sized to provide a user of the wedge device visual contact with tiles during a leveling operation.
A wedge device for a tile leveling device including a clip member, the wedge device comprising:
- a backstop member;
- a body having an attachment end, a penetrating edge, a top, and a bottom, the attachment end being coupled to the backstop member, the penetrating edge being configured to penetrate the clip member, the penetrating edge being continuous the entire width of the body;
- the body including an inclined plane tapering from the attachment end to the penetrating edge;
- the body including a longitudinal axis from the attachment edge to the penetrating edge, the longitudinal axis having a longitudinal length;
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- a line-of-sight opening extending along the longitudinal axis and intersecting the longitudinal length from one-third (⅓) of the longitudinal length measured from the attachment end to one-third (⅓) of the longitudinal length measured from the penetrating edge, the line-of-sight opening providing visibility through the body from the top to the bottom, the line-of-sight opening sized to provide a user of the wedge device visual contact with tiles during a leveling operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.