ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,188, issued on April 14, was assigned to Laticrete International Inc. (Bethany, Conn.).
"Support plate for installing tile" was invented by Sean P. Boyle (Rocky Hill, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 ar...