Patent ID: 6481112
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B28D,E04F,Y10S

Abstract:
A tile fitting device for use in one of marking and cutting a loose tile of a predetermined size to be marked to permit it to be cut and laid on a narrow untiled floor space disposed between an upright wall surface and confronting outer edge of a plurality of like laid tile of a predetermined size on a contiguous tiled floor space, said tile fitting device comprising:a base for holding at least one tile, said base comprising: a bottom portion for resting on the laid tile; a down-turned lip connected to said bottom portion for engaging the outer edge of the laid tile; an upturned lip generally parallel with said down-turned lip and spaced therefrom for engaging an edge of the loose tile; and at least one side wall positioned at a predetermined angle to said upturned lip; wherein said loose tile is positioned between said side walls and said upturned lip such that said loose tile rests against said upturned lip and at least one side wall such that said at least one side wall extends at a height slightly greater than said tile to be marked; an aid for measuring said loose tile, saidmeasuring aid comprising: a central portion for holding; a wall tracing portion generally perpendicularly attached to said central portion; and a tile marking portion generally perpendicularly attached to said central portion, parallel to said wall tracing portion; wherein said down-turned lip of said wall tracing portion rests on said floor and against said wall surface, and said tile marking portion rests on said loose tile; and wherein said tile marking portion, when resting on said loose tile, is substantially parallel with said upturned lip, said tile marking portion having sufficient space to move between said side walls of said base such that a user of said tile fitting device may use one of a marking utensil and cutting utensil along said tile marking portion to enable a cut of the loose tile when said down-turned lip rests against the outer edge of the laid tile and said tile marking portion rests against said wall such that a portion of the tile between said tile marking portion and said upturned lip is substantially the dimension of said narrow untiled floor space disposed between the upright wall surface and the confronting outer edge of the laid tile.