Interconnected modular frames for groutless setting of hard tiles

    公开(公告)号:US11840847B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-12

    申请号:US17750281

    申请日:2022-05-20

    申请人: Robert N. Perrine

    发明人: Robert N. Perrine

    摘要: Interlocking modular tile frames for joining hard tiles without requiring a substrate adhesive (thin-set mortar) or grout. Each tile frame comprises integrated segments that form a rigid or semi-rigid enclosure to hold a single hard tile within its interior. Each segment has an upside-down T-shape cross-section comprising a column and a base. The columns, which frames a tile, eliminate the need for grout. An inserted tile rests on the base while being held in place by the column along each segment. One or more mechanical interconnections are located at an outer portion of each enclosure corner to couple adjacent frames together. A stain-resistant material such as but not limited to polyethylene, polycarbonate, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), acrylic, ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene), nylon, rubber, or a combination thereof, can be used for the frames.

    Method and system for automatically levelling dropped ceilings, floating floors, pipes or cable trays

    公开(公告)号:US11536038B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17058466

    申请日:2019-05-31

    发明人: Giovanni Pandolfi

    摘要: A method for levelling an anchoring system for a dropped ceiling, a floating floor, a pipe or a cable tray, having at least one support bracket for the pipe or a section bar of a support frame of a dropped ceiling, a floating floor or a cable tray, and an adjustment screw to adjust the distance of the section bar from a reference surface, wherein a laser receiver is placed in contact with the section bar or the support bracket, has an optical window to receive a laser beam emitted by a laser level, assumes two height states indicating the receiving position of the laser beam relative to a reference position, and transmits, in a wireless manner, two control signals corresponding to the two height states, and wherein an electric screwdriver receives, in a wireless manner, the control signals and switches the rotation of the adjustment screw between one direction and the opposite direction based on the control signal received.

    Support for raised floors
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11486148B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US16973184

    申请日:2019-03-20

    IPC分类号: E04F15/024

    摘要: A support for raised floors includes a base and a head coupled to the base, the head having a support body and a tilting element laid on the support body, the tilting element having a plate-shaped portion with an upper surface that is partially flat for supporting a building elements, protrusions emerging from a circular crown of the lower surface of the plate-shaped portion to create a profile shaped as a spherical cap ring, the outer edge of the circular crown being near the outer perimeter of the plate-shaped portion, the support body having an upper surface defining a cavity that is counter-shaped to the spherical cap ring at the protrusions emerging from the tilting element.

    Tiling system for decking
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    公开(公告)号:US11332945B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US16980947

    申请日:2019-03-14

    摘要: A tiling system for forming or covering a deck includes a plurality of lightweight tiles (formed of synthetic plastics material) and a like plurality of underlay units to be secured underneath the tiles with peripheral edges of the tiles mutually adjacent. The tiles and the underlay units are formed with respective non-adhesive connection means locating each tile on and centrally located with respect to a corresponding underlay unit. Projections extend from the edges of the underlay units to engage adjacent underlay units in use and to separate the edges of the tiles. Each tile is of lateral extent in each direction somewhat less than the lateral extent of the corresponding underlay unit, so that the tiles when connected to the underlay units have their edges mutually spaced apart with open gaps between them. The gaps between the tiles permit them to expand in hot weather without lifting or tenting.

    Water diverting ground platform
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11280108B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US16267506

    申请日:2019-02-05

    申请人: Shawn Szepi

    发明人: Shawn Szepi

    摘要: A water diverting ground platform includes a base plate having an interlocking edge, a plurality of tent stake apertures and a plurality of intersecting channels upon a first face. The device is configured to provide a water diverting platform for a structure such as a tent secured upon the top of the device. The interlocking nature of each platform permits a user to create as large a foundation as required by the tent of a user.