Patent ID: 9347228
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: E04F

Claim Text:
1. A tile spacing device for spacing a plurality of tiles having a contour, the tile spacing device comprising: a cage-like fused-member structure providing subterminal opposition surfaces in which palmar surfaces of a thumb and an index finger can hold the tile spacing device therebetween; four spacers disposed on and extending from a first side of the cage-like fused-member structure, each of the four spacers being configured to engage tiles; the four spacers, in combination, cooperating to engage four tiles; three spacers disposed on and extending from a second side of the cage-like fused-member structure, each of the three spacers being configured to engage tiles; the three spacers, in combination, cooperating to engage three tiles; at least one spanning member traversing a span on the cage-like fused-member structure, the spanning member including a spacer located along an edge thereof, the spacer configured to engage two tiles; and the cage-like fused-member structure having a two-tile engagement configuration, a three-tile engagement configuration, and a four-tile engagement configuration, wherein, within each of the three engagement configurations, the engagement of a tile with a spacer can be seen by a user through the cage-like fused-member structure.