Systems and methods related to arrangement of tiles
OwnerGregory T. Umhoeferinventor
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Abstract
A system, method, and kit facilitate the arrangement of tiles comprising a plurality of tiles coupled together and mounted to a mounting surface using a plurality of hangers and fasteners. The tiles, whether individually or when arranged together, are preferably decorative or aesthetically pleasing. Each tile may form a portion of an overall larger visual image, which may be formed by a concatenation of a plurality of the tiles. The system, method, and kit for creating arrangement of tiles may be used to create large-scale artwork from the plurality of tiles, where the various tiles may be removably arranged and may be reconfigured or deconstructed.
Claims15
A method for arranging a plurality of tiles on a structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the plurality of tiles, wherein each tile of the plurality of tiles comprises a tile aperture;
- providing a plurality of hangers, wherein each hanger of the plurality of hangers comprises a hanger body and a plurality of clips attached to the hanger body, wherein each clip of the plurality of clips comprises a clip body configured for an attachment to the structure;
- wherein each clip body of each clip comprises:
- a clip prong with a clip prong body and a clip prong tip that extends from the clip prong body toward a hanger midline to form a clip slot;
- and
- a clip aperture that extends through the clip and the clip body, wherein the clip aperture is configured to accept a fastener therethrough for the attachment to the structure;
- removably coupling tiles of the plurality of tiles to hangers of the plurality of hangers by inserting clip prong tips of clip prongs of clips of the hangers through tile apertures of the tiles such that portions of the tiles are within clip slots to form an arrangement of tiles;
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- securing the arrangement of tiles to the structure by attaching the clip body of at least one clip of the plurality of clips to the structure.
An arrangement of tiles, comprising:
- a hanger comprising a hanger body and a plurality of clips attached to the hanger body, wherein each clip of the plurality of clips comprises a clip body configured for an attachment to a structure;
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- a plurality of tiles, wherein each tile of the plurality of tiles comprises a tile aperture;
- wherein each clip body of each clip comprises:
- a clip prong with a clip prong body and a clip prong tip that extends from the clip prong body toward a hanger midline to form a clip slot;
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- a clip aperture that extends through the clip and the clip body, wherein the clip aperture is configured to accept a fastener therethrough for the attachment to the structure;
- wherein at least one clip prong tip of at least one clip prong is removably accepted by at least one tile aperture to secure at least one portion of at least one tile of the plurality of tiles within at least one clip slot and to at least one hanger.
A hanger comprising:
- a hanger body comprising a front surface and a back surface opposed from the front surface;
- a plurality of clips attached to the front surface of the hanger body, wherein each clip of the plurality of clips comprises:
- a clip body configured for attachment to a structure, wherein the clip body comprises a clip aperture that extends through the clip body;
- and
- a clip prong that extends from the clip body to form a clip prong slot;
- and
- a plurality of score lines formed along the back surface of the hanger body to facilitate breakage of the hanger body, wherein breakage along at least one score line results in removal of at least one clip of the plurality of clips from the hanger body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.