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US 11,649,647 B2Granted
System and device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for use of same
AssigneeAcufloor, LLC
InventorsClinton D. Bunch, Joshua A. Bunch
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Abstract
A system and device for leveling and aligning tiles and a method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment of the tile leveling system, a tile leveling device includes an upright body having a head and base at opposite ends thereof. The base and the upright body are integral prior to a frangible separation. The tile leveling device is selectively threaded through a line-of-sight opening of a wedge device for use in an operational configuration.
Claims20
A tile leveling system comprising:
- a tile leveling device including:
- an upright body having an upper end and a lower end, the upright body having a perimeter therearound;
- a head coupled to the upper end of the upright body, the head having a guide surface facing a base, the head having a head width and a head depth, the head providing subterminal opposition surfaces in which the palmar surfaces of a thumb and index finger can hold the head therebetween;
- the base orthogonally coupled to the lower end of the upright body, the base extending to a front of the upright body and the base extending to a rear of the upright body;
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- a base-to-body coupling including a frangible breakaway section, the base and the upright body being integral prior to frangible separation, the frangible breakaway section, upon breaking, frangibly separating the base and the upright body;
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- a wedge device comprising:
- a body member having an end, a penetration edge, a top, and a bottom, the penetration edge being configured to penetrate the tile leveling device at the guide surface;
- the body member including an inclined plane tapering from the end to the penetration edge;
- the body member including a longitudinal axis from the end to a penetrating edge;
- a line-of-sight opening extending along the longitudinal axis and intersecting the longitudinal length, the line-of-sight opening providing visibility through the body member from the top to the bottom;
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- the line-of-sight opening having an opening length and an opening width, the opening length being greater than the head width, the opening width being greater than the head depth, the opening width accommodating the perimeter to permit rotational movement of the wedge device relative to the upright body.
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A tile leveling system comprising:
- a tile leveling device including:
- an upright body having an upper end and a lower end, the upright body having a perimeter therearound;
- a head coupled to the upper end of the upright body, the head having a guide surface facing a base, the head having a head width and a head depth, the head providing subterminal opposition surfaces in which the palmar surfaces of a thumb and index finger can hold the head therebetween;
- the base orthogonally coupled to the lower end of the upright body, the base extending to a front of the upright body and the base extending to a rear of the upright body;
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- a base-to-body coupling including a frangible breakaway section, the base and the upright body being integral prior to frangible separation, the frangible breakaway section, upon breaking, frangibly separating the base and the upright body;
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- a wedge device comprising:
- a body member having an end, a penetration edge, a top, and a bottom, the penetration edge being configured to penetrate the tile leveling device at the guide surface;
- the body member including an inclined plane tapering from the end to the penetrating edge;
- the body member including a longitudinal axis from the end to the penetrating edge, the longitudinal axis having a longitudinal length;
- a line-of-sight opening extending along the longitudinal axis and intersecting the longitudinal length, the line-of-sight opening providing visibility through the body member from the top to the bottom;
- the line-of-sight opening having an opening length and an opening width, the opening length being greater than the head width, the opening width being greater than the head depth, the opening width accommodating the perimeter to permit rotational movement of the wedge device relative to the upright body;
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- in an operational configuration, the tile leveling device being selectively threaded through the line-of-sight opening.
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A tile leveling system comprising:
- a tile leveling device including:
- an upright body having an upper end and a lower end, the upright body having a perimeter therearound;
- a head coupled to the upper end of the upright body, the head having a guide surface facing a base, the head having a head width and a head depth, the head providing subterminal opposition surfaces in which the palmar surfaces of a thumb and index finger can hold the head therebetween;
- the base orthogonally coupled to the lower end of the upright body, the base extending to a front of the upright body and the base extending to a rear of the upright body;
- and
- a base-to-body coupling including a frangible breakaway section, the base and the upright body being integral prior to frangible separation, the frangible breakaway section, upon breaking, frangibly separating the base and the upright body;
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- a wedge device comprising:
- a body member having an end, a penetrating edge, a top, and a bottom, the penetration edge being configured to penetrate the tile leveling device at the guide surface;
- the body member including an inclined plane tapering from the end to the penetrating edge;
- the body member including a longitudinal axis from the end 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, the line-of-sight opening providing visibility through the body member from the top to the bottom.
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