Pre-fabricated title board

• US 5,816,005 A
• Filed: 09/04/1996
• Issued: 10/06/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eddie Eui In Han
• Original Assignee: Eddie Eui In Han
• Inventors: Han, Eddie Eui In
• Primary Examiner(s): Kent, Christopher
• Assistant Examiner(s): HORTON, YVONNE MICHELE
• Application Number:
  US08/711,369
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 52/389-391, 52/793.1, 52/314, 52/315, 52/791.1, 52/797.1, 52/783.11
• US Class Current: 52/391
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/008 Sealing between wall and bathtub or shower tray
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 13/00 Layered products comprising a a layer of water-setting substance, e.g. concrete, plaster, asbestos cement, or like builders' material
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 21/14 comprising wood board or veneer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2305/38 Meshes, lattices or nets
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2419/04 Tiles for floors or walls tiles for roofs B32B2419/06
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/304 comprising vinyl halide (co)polymers, e.g. PVC, PVDC, PVF, PVDF
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/12 characterised by a layer of regularly- arranged cells, e.g. a honeycomb structure
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 9/002 comprising natural stone or artificial stone
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 9/005 comprising one layer of ceramic material, e.g. porcelain, ceramic tile layered products with at least two ceramic layers composed mainly of ceramic B32B18/00
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 13/0862 composed of a number of elements which are identical or not, e.g. carried by a common web, support plate or grid
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02188 for use in wet rooms
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02194 Flooring consisting of a number of elements carried by a non-rollable common support plate or grid E04F15/022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/082 with a top layer of stone or stone-like material, e.g. ceramics, concrete or glass in combination with a lower layer of other material
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/18 Separately-laid insulating layers; Other additional insulating measures; Floating floors insulating of buildings in general E04B1/62
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/182 Underlayers coated with adhesive or mortar to receive the flooring

Abstract

A building material comprising, in layers, a thin waterproof membrane base of rigid plastic such as PVC, a mortar bed, a layer of cement, a metal lath, and a layer of ceramic tile, brick-veneer, granite tile or marble tile, which provides a pre-fabricated panel adapted to be attached to any flat surface, such as a wall or counter.

Claims

1. A pre-fabricated rigid tile board adapted as a single unit to be affixed to a wall, floor, or counter comprising, a rigid base which has a solid backing and a honeycombed shaped bottom layer, a mortar bed which fills the honeycombed shaped bottom, a metal lath set into the mortar bed, a bond coat composed of a thin coat of mortar affixed to the mortar bed, and a tile material affixed to the bond coat.

2. The board of claim 1 in which the base is polyvinyl chloride.

3. The board of claim 1 in which in which the tile material comprises ceramic tile, brick-veneer, granite tile, or marble tile.

4. The board of claim 1 in which the base is a cementitious backer board.

5. The board of claim 1 in which the thin coat of mortar is dry-set or latex cement.

6. The board of claim 1 in which the base has predrilled holes adapted for use in affixing the board to a wall or counter.

7. The board of claim 6 in which the layers above the base are removed in those areas where the holes are present so that the removed layers may be attached after the board has been affixed to the wall or counter.