System and method for aligning and leveling tile
AssigneeNew Standards Manufacturing Co.
InventorMichele Volponi
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Abstract
A tile aligning and leveling system that uses an under tile base re-usable upright connecting tab, which is detachably connected to said under tile base, a re-usable flexible edge slotted cap configured to slip over the connecting tab and latch thereto as the cap is slid further down the connecting tab. The cap has an edge slot so that the connecting tab can be separated from the cap, by merely sliding the cap, so that the connecting tab passes through the slot. A flexible spring-like portion of the cap provides increased force on the tile even if undesired elongation of the connecting tab occurs.
Claims20
A tile alignment system comprising:
- mortar and a first side member, configured to be placed on a first side of a plurality of adjacent structures;
- a connecting tab operatively coupled with said first side member and sized with a thickness dimension and a width dimension so as to extend through a joint existing between two of said plurality of adjacent structures;
- said connecting tab further operatively coupled with matter configured to facilitate pressure to a second side of said plurality of adjacent structures, where said second side is opposite said first side;
- said pressure assists in reducing misalignment between said plurality of adjacent structures;
- said first side member configured with a void in an upper portion for cooperation with lower portion of said connecting tab;
- said upper portion disposed within and movable with respect to said void and is configured to provide a force resisting separation therefrom of said lower portion;
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- said upper portion, is configured to separate from said lower portion.
A tile alignment system comprising:
- intermediate member for transmitting a force between a back side of a plurality of adjacent tiles and a portion of a front side, which is an opposite side from said back side;
- mortar and a back side member which is configured to be placed on said back side of said plurality of adjacent tiles;
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- said back side member including a portion configured to cooperate with said intermediate member and to reduce forces resisting removal of said intermediate member when forces aligned with a longitudinal axis of said intermediate member are applied.
A tile alignment system comprising:
- mortar;
- a back side member which is configured to be placed, in said mortar, on a back side of a plurality of adjacent slabs;
- an intermediate member including a bottom portion;
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- said back side member have a portion thereof which is a means, operable and movable with respect to said back side member, for releasing said intermediate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.