Patent ID: 8763223

Claim:
A tile spacer punch device adapted to set a tile spacer between tiles and beneath a grout line of the tiles, the tile spacer punch device adapted to be impacted to set the tile spacers, the tile spacer punch device comprising: a rigid elongate body having a punch element at one end and a grip in a middle portion, and a punch head at another end for striking, the punch element extending from the middle portion to the one end and having at least three plates, each of the at least three plates extending contiguously from the middle portion to the one end, each of said at least three plates being at right angles to an adjacent one of said at least three plates, each of said at least three plates having a length substantially equal to a length of an arm of the tile spacer and adapted to engage a tile spacer, and the punch head comprising an arcuate impact head suitably resilient to accept repeated striking, from a hammer or palm of a user's hand, an underside of the punch head having a stepped portion adapted to space a user's hand slightly away from the punch head.