Patent ID: 7954300

Claim:
A device for laying and leveling tiles, said device comprising: a shaft having an upper portion and a lower portion; a “V” shaped bottom plate combined with the lower portion of the shaft, said bottom plate having a center portion, a top surface, a bottom surface, and two arms that form the “V” shape; wherein the shaft extends upwardly from the center portion of the top surface of the bottom plate; wherein each arm of the “V” shaped bottom plate has a flexible portion that extends upwardly and outwardly away from the center portion of the bottom plate, each arm is movable between a compressed position and an extended position; and a locking assembly having an opening adapted to receive the shaft, wherein the locking assembly has at least one locking tongue that interferes with the shaft so that the locking assembly is movable in a first direction along the shaft but not in a second direction along the shaft wherein the shaft further comprises a separation point at its lower end have a plurality of micro holes that make it structurally weaker than the remainder of the shaft to allow the shaft to be separated from the bottom plate.