US 12,435,526 B2
Tile lippage control and tile spacing system and method therefore
Walter Pytlewski, Post Falls, ID (US)
Assigned to Marshalltown Company, Marshalltown, IA (US)
Filed by Marshalltown Company, Marshalltown, IA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,478.
Prior Publication US 2025/0052076 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. E04F 21/22 (2006.01); E04F 21/00 (2006.01); E04F 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 21/22 (2013.01) [E04F 21/0092 (2013.01); E04F 21/1877 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tile leveling and tile spacing apparatus comprising:
an anchor having an anchor column and a base portion and the anchor column is interconnected with and is breakably separable from the base portion, and wherein the anchor column defines plural spaced annular rings along a length of the anchor column; and
a leveling base that one way adjustably engages with the anchor column, the leveling base having,
a toothed disc that is positionally secured within the leveling base, the toothed disc defining a medial hole with plural radially inwardly angled teeth that frictionally engage with the plural spaced annular rings of the anchor column, and
a mid-plate that is carried substantially within an interior cavity defined by the leveling base, and of the mid-plate is movably engaged with the leveling base, and
a compression ring that is carried within the interior cavity defined by the leveling base and which communicates with both the leveling base and the mid-plate to positionally bias and space the leveling base away from the mid-plate.