Tile spacing device and accompanying system and method
AssigneeAcufloor, LLC
InventorsClinton D. Bunch, Joshua A. Bunch
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Abstract
A tile spacing device and accompanying system and method are disclosed for spacing multiple tiles. In one embodiment, a central body has four arms extending therefrom with a releasably frangible connection. Each of the four arms has a cellular sheet structure defined by multiple cells, including at least one hexagonal cell. The central body and the four arms provide a four-tile engagement configuration. By selectively breaking and removing an arm, a three-tile engagement configuration may also be provided.
Claims20
A tile spacing device for spacing a plurality of tiles, the tile spacing device comprising:
- a central body providing subterminal opposition surfaces in which palmar surfaces of a thumb and an index finger can hold the tile spacing device therebetween;
- a plurality of arms extending from the central body, the plurality of arms being coplanar with the central body;
- each of the plurality of arms including a cellular sheet structure defined by a plurality of cells;
- a releasably frangible connector coupling at least one arm of the plurality of arms to the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a vertically extending notch at the intersection of the first arm and the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a horizontally extending notch at the intersection of the first arm and the central body;
- the central body and the plurality of arms being a N-tile engagement configuration;
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- the central body and the plurality of arms minus the released at least one arm being a (N-1)—tile engagement configuration following the frangible release of the first arm from the central body.
A tile spacing device for spacing a plurality of tiles, the tile spacing device comprising:
- a central body providing subterminal opposition surfaces in which palmar surfaces of a thumb and an index finger can hold the tile spacing device therebetween;
- a plurality of arms extending from the central body, the plurality of arms being coplanar with the central body;
- each of the plurality of arms including a cellular sheet structure defined by a plurality of cells;
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- a releasably frangible connector coupling at least one arm of the plurality of arms to the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a vertically extending notch at the intersection of the first arm and the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a horizontally extending notch at the intersection of the first arm and the central body.
A tile spacing device for spacing a plurality of tiles, the tile spacing device comprising:
- a central body providing subterminal opposition surfaces in which palmar surfaces of a thumb and an index finger can hold the tile spacing device therebetween;
- a plurality of arms extending from the central body, the plurality of arms being coplanar with the central body, each of the plurality of arms comprise a spacer width providing a finished grout line space;
- each of the plurality of arms including a cellular sheet structure defined by a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells including at least one hexagonal cell;
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- a releasably frangible connector coupling at least one arm of the plurality of arms to the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a vertically extending notch at the intersection of the first arm and the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a horizontally extending notch at the intersection of the first arm and the central body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.