System and method for aligning and leveling tile
AssigneeNew Standards Manufacturing Co.
InventorMichele Volponi
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Abstract
A tile aligning and leveling system that uses an under tile base re-usable upright connecting tab, which is detachably connected to said under tile base, a re-usable flexible edge slotted cap configured to slip over the connecting tab and latch thereto as the cap is slid further down the connecting tab. The cap has an edge slot so that the connecting tab can be separated from the cap, by merely sliding the cap, so that the connecting tab passes through the slot. A flexible spring-like portion of the cap provides increased force on the tile even if undesired elongation of the connecting tab occurs.
Claims20
A tile alignment system comprising:
- a first side member 340, configured to be placed on a first side of a plurality of adjacent structures;
- a removable and reusable connecting tab 130 operatively coupled with said first side member 340 and sized with a thickness dimension and a width dimension so as to extend through a joint 162 existing between two of said plurality of adjacent structures;
- said connecting tab 130 further configured to operatively cooperate with matter configured to maintain pressure to a second side of said plurality of adjacent structures, where said second side is opposite said first side;
- said pressure assists in reducing misalignment between said plurality of adjacent structures;
- said first side member 340 configured with a void therein for receiving therein a mating member 332 of said removable and reusable connecting tab 130, said mating member 332 is smaller than said void;
- said first side member further comprising a mating portion 342 disposed within said void and is configured to provide a force resisting removal of said mating member 332;
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- said mating portion 342, is configured to release said mating member 332.
A tile alignment system comprising:
- an intermediate member for transmitting a force between a back side of a plurality of adjacent tiles and a portion of a front side, which is an opposite side from said back side;
- a back side member which is configured to be placed on said back side of said plurality of adjacent tiles;
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- said back side member being configured to retain said intermediate member and to reduce forces resisting removal of said intermediate member when forces aligned with a longitudinal axis of said intermediate member are applied to said plate.
A tile alignment system comprising:
- a back side member which is configured to be placed on a back side of a plurality of adjacent slabs;
- an intermediate member coupled to said bottom member;
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- means for temporarily grasping and subsequently releasing said intermediate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.