Patent ID: 9534403
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: E04F

Claim:
1. A wedge system for use with tiles and mortar for creating a tiled surface having an array of the tiles arranged in substantially coplanar side-by-side evenly spaced relation, the wedge system comprising: one or more wedge receivers, each wedge receiver having a planar element and a resilient hook element extending from the planar element in substantially perpendicular relation, the hook element having an aperture defined therein, each hook element being configured to provide spacing between a pair of adjacent tiles in an array of the tiles laid in mortar, thereby to provide substantially even side-by-side spacing of the tiles; and the planar element being configured to fit beneath the pair of adjacent tiles; and one or more wedges, each wedge having a planar clamping surface and a ribbed gripping surface having a plurality of substantially parallel ribs with each rib defining a concentric arc along the gripping surface, wherein the clamping surface is orientated in angular relation to the ribbed gripping surface to meet in an edge, and each wedge is configured to extend through the aperture of a respective wedge receiver such that: the clamping surface of the wedge is positioned in abutting relation against the pair of adjacent tiles; and the hook element is resiliently deformed to engage the ribbed gripping surface, to provide for a clamped engagement of the pair of adjacent tiles between the clamping surface of the wedge and the planar element of the wedge receiver, thereby to provide for substantially coplanar relation between the adjacent tiles, and the gripping surface grips the respective wedge receiver, to resist withdrawal of the wedge from the aperture and maintain the clamped engagement until the mortar has cured.