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US 12,000,156 B2Granted
Lippage control system with stretchable strap portion
AssigneeNew Standards Manufacturing Co.
InventorsMichele Volponi, James P. Hoffman, Ernest L. Perry, IV
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Abstract
A tile aligning and lippage tuning system that uses a single piece base and strap which is designed to break away from the base when sufficient pressure is applied and is also designed to stretch along a thin wall region before separation of the strap from the base occurs.
Claims2
A method for reducing lippage in a plurality of tiles comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate configured to be bondable to said plurality of tiles;
- providing a base;
- providing a first tile disposed adjacent said base;
- providing a member extending from said base;
- where the member has a distance from the base as a longest dimension along a member longitudinal axis;
- a width of the member, which runs in a line parallel to a joint longitudinal axis of a joint containing said member, has a shorter dimension than said longest dimension, and is a dimension that is longer than a thickness dimension of the member in a line which is orthogonal to the joint longitudinal axis;
- providing a cap;
- causing said cap to engage and surround a portion of said member;
- and
- providing a pressure onto a surface of one of said plurality of tiles by compressing with pressure said cap, and thereby causing a region of said member to stretch along said member longitudinal axis wherein said member has a thin walled region surrounded by a thicker walled region and the thin-walled region is oval in shape.
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A method for reducing lippage in a plurality of tiles comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate configured to be bondable to said plurality of tiles;
- providing a base;
- providing a first tile disposed adjacent said base;
- providing a member extending from said base;
- where the member has a distance from the base as a longest dimension along a member longitudinal axis;
- a width of the member, which runs in a line parallel to a joint longitudinal axis of a joint containing said member, has a shorter dimension than said longest dimension, and is a dimension that is longer than a thickness dimension of the member in a line which is orthogonal to the joint longitudinal axis;
- providing a cap;
- causing said cap to engage and surround a portion of said member;
- and
- providing a pressure onto a surface of one of said plurality of tiles by compressing with pressure said cap, and thereby causing a region of said member to stretch along said member longitudinal axis wherein said region is oval in shape, completely surrounded by a thicker wall region and proximal to said base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.