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Patent No.:

US 12601188 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2024

Support plate for installing tile

Applicant:

Laticrete International, Inc., Bethany, CT (US);

Inventor:

Sean P. Boyle, Rocky Hill, CT (US);

Assignee:

Laticrete International, Inc., Bethany, CT (US);

Attorneys:

DeLio Peterson & Curcio LLC

Kelly M. Nowak

Primary Examiner:

Phi D A

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 5/19 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/04 (2006.01); E04B 5/32 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/08 (2006.01); E04F 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/185 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 37/18 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 38/04 (2013.01); E04F 15/02044 (2013.01); E04F 15/087 (2013.01); E04F 15/182 (2013.01); B32B 2038/045 (2013.01); B32B 2471/00 (2013.01); E04B 5/19 (2013.01); E04B 5/32 (2013.01); E04B 5/326 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1064 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24273 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24479 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01);
Abstract

A support for installing facing materials such as ceramic tiles on a substrate, such as, floors, walls and ceilings. The support plate has a plurality of spaced apart raised portions and recesses in the plate material, and a plurality of openings extending through the top surface and bottom surface of the plate material. The openings exposing a mat layer attached to the bottom of the support plate. Support plates of the invention are used for tile installations between a substrate and tile. Thin-set mortar that is used to secure the tile to the support plate flows into the recesses and into the openings forming a continuous bond between the mortar, openings and mat layer to provide a strong bond between the support plate, mortar and the tiles.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boyle, Sean. (2026). Support plate for installing tile (U.S. Patent No. 12601188). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12601188

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