Tile end profile

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10450762-B2
Application number	US-201815968960-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2018
Priority date	May 18, 2017
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

An elongate profile ( 1 ) for terminating installed tiles includes, viewed in cross-section, a fastening leg ( 4 ) for fixing the profile to a base ( 10 ), wherein the fasting leg ( 4 ) defines a contact surface ( 2 ) and is provided with passage openings ( 3 ), and a boundary leg ( 5 ) adjoining the fastening leg ( 4 ) substantially vertically, wherein the outside ( 7 ) of the boundary leg ( 5 ) defines a visible surface. A stop leg ( 8 ) is further provided directly adjacent to the boundary leg ( 5 ) and extending downwardly in the direction of the fastening leg ( 4 ), the stop leg ( 8 ) including an angle (α) with the boundary leg ( 5 ) in the range between 5 and 30° and having a plurality of through holes ( 9 ).

First claim

I claim:

1. An elongate profile ( 1 ) for terminating installed tiles, comprising:
viewed in cross-section, a fastening leg ( 4 ) for fixing the profile to a base ( 10 ), wherein the fastening leg ( 4 ) defines a contact surface ( 2 ) and is provided with passage openings ( 3 ), and a boundary leg ( 5 ) adjoining the fastening leg ( 4 ) substantially vertically, wherein an outside ( 7 ) of the boundary leg ( 5 ) defines a visible surface; wherein
a stop leg ( 8 ) is further provided directly adjacent to the boundary leg ( 5 ) and extending downwardly in the direction of the fastening leg ( 4 ), the stop leg ( 8 ) including an angle (α) with the boundary leg ( 5 ) in the range between about 5 degrees and about 30 degrees and having a plurality of through holes ( 9 ).

2. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the profile is manufactured in one piece.

3. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the profile is bent from a metal strip, the metal strip being manufactured from stainless steel, brass or aluminium and/or having a uniform material thickness of 0.4 to 1.2 mm.

4. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the metal strip has a uniform material thickness of about 0.5 mm to about 0.8 mm.

5. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , further comprising an end leg ( 16 ) adjoining the stop leg ( 8 ) and extending in the direction of the boundary leg ( 5 ).

6. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 5 , wherein the stop leg ( 8 ) and the end leg ( 16 ) extend substantially parallel to each other at a distance in the range between about 0.5 and about 2 mm.

7. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the boundary leg ( 5 ) has a circular arc-shaped curve extending across substantially 90°.

8. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the boundary leg ( 5 ) is formed L-shaped.

9. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening leg ( 4 ) and the boundary leg ( 5 ) are connected to one another via a connecting leg ( 14 ) which encloses an angle (β) between 3 and 20° with the fastening leg ( 4 ), and is provided with a plurality of through holes ( 9 ).

10. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 9 , wherein the fastening leg ( 4 ) and the boundary leg ( 5 ) are connected to one another via the connecting leg ( 14 ) which encloses an angle (β) between about 5 degrees and about 15 degrees with the fastening leg ( 4 ).

11. A Profile ( 1 ), comprising:
viewed in cross-section, a fastening leg ( 4 ) for fixing the profile to a base ( 10 ), wherein the fastening leg ( 4 ) is provided with through holes ( 3 ), and a boundary leg ( 5 ) adjoining the fastening leg ( 4 ) substantially vertically, wherein the outside ( 7 ) of the boundary leg ( 5 ) defines a visible surface, wherein the fastening leg ( 4 ) is provided with at least one stiffening bead ( 15 ) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) and projecting in the direction of the boundary leg ( 5 ), the at least one stiffening bead ( 15 ) having a depth (t) which substantially corresponds to the material thickness of the fastening leg ( 4 ).

12. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one stiffening bead ( 15 ) extends over the entire length of the fastening leg ( 4 ).

13. Profile ( 1 ) according to claim 11 , wherein multiple stiffening beads ( 15 ) extending in the longitudinal direction (L) and parallel to one another are provided over the entire length of the fastening leg ( 4 ).

Assignees

• Schlueter Werner
• Schluter Systems Lp

Inventors

• Schluter Werner

Classifications

• E04F19/061 Primary

  used to finish off an edge or corner of a wall or floor covering area (in connection with floor fabrics A47G27/045; sealings between walls and baths A47K3/008) · CPC title