Patent ID: 9121187
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A tile spacing device for spacing a plurality of tiles having a contour, the tile spacing device comprising: a first body having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, the first outer surface having substantially the same contour as the plurality of tiles; a second body having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, the second outer surface having substantially the same contour as the plurality of tiles, the second body being in a spaced relationship with the first body; four spacers disposed on and extending from or substantially continuous with the first outer surface of the first body, 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 or substantially continuous with the second outer surface of the second body, 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 between the first body and the second body, the spanning member being connected to the first body and the second body, the spanning member including a spacer located along an edge thereof, the spacer configured to engage two tiles; and the first body, the second body, and the at least one spanning member forming a 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, wherein, within each of the three engagement configurations, the cage-like fused-member structure provides subterminal opposition surfaces in which the palmar surfaces of the thumb and index finger can hold the tile spacing device therebetween.