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US 5,494,548 AGranted
Edging structure for use with marble or granite tile
OwnerJohn M. Bacainventor
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Abstract
A face member having opposing edges, formed from a strip of stone tile, a pair of parallel side members each formed from a strip of stone tile, affixed to opposing ones of the opposing edges of the face member, and a base member carrying and supporting the face member and the parallel side members, together forming an edging piece for covering an edge of a stone tile surface construction.
Claims6
A method of installing a stone tile surface construction comprising the steps of:
- fixing a plurality of stone tiles to a generally planar surface to form a covering layer having a first edge;
- providing a first edging piece formed from additional stone tiles, comprising the steps of:
- providing a stone tile;
- cutting said stone tile into a plurality of strips;
- shaping a first strip of said plurality of strips into a first side member;
- shaping a second strip of said plurality of strips into a second side member;
- using a third strip of said plurality of strips as a face member having a first edge and a second edge;
- affixing said first side member and said second side member to said first edge and said second edge of said face member respectively;
- supporting said first side member, said second side member and said face member with a base member;
- and
- concealing said first edge by affixing said first edging piece to said first edge.
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