Patent ID: 8689521

Claim:
A method of aligning tile comprising the steps of: providing a first sub tile base member, with a base mating portion; providing a connecting tab with a connecting tab base mating member thereon; coupling said base mating portion with said connecting tab base mating member so as to form a first, at least partially, re-useable combination; causing a first portion of said first, at least partially, re-usable combination to be disposed between a first plurality of adjacent tiles and a first substrate and a second portion to extend upwardly in a gap between said first plurality of adjacent tiles; sliding a cap onto and translating said cap along a longitudinal axis of said connecting tab and into latched configuration while said cap is in contact with said first plurality of adjacent tiles; removing said connecting tab from said first sub tile base member and inserting said connecting tab into a second sub tile base member to form a second partially re-usable combination; and causing a first portion of said second partially re-usable combination to be disposed between a second plurality of adjacent tiles and a second substrate and a second portion of said second partially re-usable combination to extend upwardly in a gap between said second plurality of adjacent tiles.