Tile alignment and leveling device and method for using same
CA 2598999 C · Owner: Kufner, Edward A. · Inventors: Kufner, Edward A.; Volponi, Michele
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A device for aligning and leveling tiles as they are laid in floors walls, countertops, or the like. The device has a top plate with several spacer fins and a bottom plate. The plates are combined with a shaft that extends from the bottom plate through the top plate so that the top plate is movable along the length of the shaft. In use, the device is placed between adjacent tiles so that the top and bottom places hold adjacent tiles at a desired height as the setting bed dries.
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- Filed February 21, 2006 and granted April 30, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 21, 2026.
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