Device for Leveling and Aligning Tiles and Method for Leveling and Aligning Tiles
AssigneeAcufloor, LLC
InventorsClinton D. Bunch, Joshua A. Bunch
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Abstract
A device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, the leveling device includes a body and two spaced and parallel strip members extending transversely from the body. Each of the spaced and parallel strip members extend to the front and rear of the body. Two opposing lateral open windows are formed in the body. A breakaway section is defined along the body. A wedge device is provided for penetrating one or more of the two opposing lateral open windows and exerting a force on the tiles for leveling them relative to each other.
Claims18
A tile-leveling device comprising:
- a shaft having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a body;
- a base orthogonally coupled to the shaft, the base extending to a front of the shaft and to a rear of the shaft;
- and
- a spacer integral with the body and extending from at least one of the front and the rear thereof, the combination of the spacer and the body setting a predetermined joint distance that is greater than a thickness of the body for the tile leveling device within a single product.
A tile-leveling device comprising:
- a shaft having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a body;
- a base orthogonally coupled to the shaft, the base extending to a front of the shaft and to a rear of the shaft;
- and
- a spacer integral with the body and extending from at least one of the front and the rear thereof, the combination of the spacer and the body setting a predetermined joint distance that is greater than a thickness of the body for the tile leveling device within a single product.
A tile-leveling device comprising:
- a shaft having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a body;
- a base orthogonally coupled to the shaft, the base extending to a front of the shaft and to a rear of the shaft;
- and
- a spacer integral with the body and extending from at least one of the front and rear thereof, the spacer setting a predetermined joint distance for the tile leveling device within a single product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.