Patent ID: 7257926

Claim:
A method for installing tiles so that the tiles are level and uniformly spaced with respect to one another, comprising the steps of: providing an elongate straight post having a plurality of small, closely spaced ratchet teeth formed therein along its length; providing a flat base having a top surface and a bottom surface; providing a flat disc having a top surface and a bottom surface; forming a first spacer arm in said top surface of said base so that said first spacer arm is diametrically disposed relative to said top surface, said first spacer arm being formed integrally with said top surface and projecting upwardly therefrom; forming a second spacer arm in said top surface of said base so that said second spacer arm is diametrically disposed relative to said top surface, said second spacer arm being formed integrally with said top surface and projecting upwardly therefrom in normal relation to said first spacer arm; said first and second spacer arms intersecting one another at a center of said top surface, said first and second spacer arms sharing a common center; integrally forming a leading end of said elongate straight post to said base at said center on said top surface of said base; forming a bore having a lumen in a center of said disc; forming a pawl means in said lumen so that said disc is displaceable in a first direction towards said base and so that said disc is not displaceable is a second direction opposite to said first direction; forming a pair of diametrically opposed, upstanding handles with said top surface of said disc; and forming a plurality of legs integrally with said bottom surface of said disc and positioning each leg of said plurality of legs in circumferentially and equidistantly spaced relation to one another about the periphery of said bottom surface of said base.