# US 2015/0143776 A1 · Aid for laying flooring tiles

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- Number: US 2015/0143776 A1
- Document ID: US20150143776A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/397,321
- Filed: 2013-04-26
- Published: 2015-05-28
- Earliest claimed: 2012-04-26
- Assignees: T 1 Products
- Applicants: T 1 Products
- Inventors: Antoon Laurens Gerard Marie Geelen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150143776A1

## CPC

- E04G 21/165: {specially adapted for in situ prefabricated building elements to be tilted up in position}
- E04F 21/22: of single elements, e.g. flooring cramps {; flexible webs (cutting tiles B28D1/225)}
- E04G: SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
- E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)

## Abstract

An aid for laying floor tiles on an adhesive bed applied to a floor surface including a support handle having a first and second end, as well as a supporting surface provided at each end, wherein each supporting surface can be supported on the floor surface and wherein each supporting surface is provided with several projections spaced apart such that a support is realized by means of which the tiler can be supported on the floor surface while carrying out work, so that the occurrence of injuries and other physical discomfort can be reduced as much as possible, and wherein furthermore undesirable disturbance of or damage to the adhesive bed on which the flooring tiles are to be placed is prevented.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An aid for laying flooring tiles on an adhesive bed applied to a floor surface, comprising:
a support handle having a first and a second end; and
a supporting surface provided at each of the first and second ends, wherein each supporting surface is adapted to be supported on the floor surface, wherein
each supporting surface, is provided with a plurality of spaced projections.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The aid according to claim 1, wherein each supporting surface includes at least four spaced projections, wherein the spaced projections are positioned near each corner of the supporting surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The aid according to claim 1, wherein the spaced projections are spaced on the supporting surface such that when the aid is placed on the floor surface, each of the spaced projections is adapted to be placed between adjacent adhesive ridges formed in the adhesive bed by means of a notch trowel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The aid according to claim 3, wherein a thickness of each spaced projection at most equals spacing between two adjacent adhesive ridges.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The aid according to claim 1, wherein each supporting surface is adapted to be detached from the handle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The aid according to claim 5, wherein each of the first and second ends of the handle and each supporting surface including with mating snap connectors.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The aid according to claim 5, wherein each of the first and second ends of the support handle include a through bore for receiving a screw adapted to engage in the supporting surface.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The aid according to claim 1, further comprising a support cap adapted to be placed over each spaced projection.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The aid according to claim 8, wherein each of the support caps is provided with a recess for receiving a respective one of the spaced projections therein.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The aid according to claim 8, wherein a supporting surface of each of the support caps includes friction-increasing means.