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US 2021/0010279 A1Published application
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;
- first, second, third, and fourth arms extending from the central body, the first, second, third, and fourth arms being coplanar with the central body and set at right angles with respect to each other;
- each of the first, second, third, and fourth arms including a cellular sheet structure defined by a plurality of cells;
- a releasably frangible connector coupling the first arm 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 first, second, third, and fourth arms being a four-tile engagement configuration;
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- the central body and the second, third, and fourth arms being a three-tile engagement configuration following the frangible release of the first arm from the central body.
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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;
- first, second, third, and fourth arms extending from the central body, the first, second, third, and fourth arms being coplanar with the central body and set at right angles with respect to each other;
- each of the first, second, third, and fourth arms including a cellular sheet structure defined by a plurality of cells;
- the first arm including parallel first and second outer walls joined by a third wall and a plurality of interior partitions defining the plurality of cells;
- a releasably frangible connector coupling the first arm to the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a first vertically extending notch at the intersection of the first outer wall and the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a second vertically extending notch at the intersection of the second outer wall and the central body;
- the central body and the first, second, third, and fourth arms being a four-tile engagement configuration;
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- the central body and the second, third, and fourth arms being a three-tile engagement configuration following the frangible release of the first arm from the central body.
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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;
- first, second, third, and fourth arms extending from the central body, the first, second, third, and fourth arms being coplanar with the central body and set at right angles with respect to each other;
- the first arm including parallel first and second outer walls joined by a third wall;
- a releasably frangible connector coupling the first arm to the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a first vertically extending notch at the intersection of the first outer wall and the central body, the releasably frangible connector having a second vertically extending notch at the intersection of the second outer wall and the central body;
- the central body and the first, second, third, and fourth arms being a four-tile engagement configuration;
- and
- the central body and the second, third, and fourth arms being a three-tile engagement configuration following the frangible release of the first arm from the central body.
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