ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,015, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Crowne Tools LLC (New Orleans) and Crowne Tools LLC (New Orleans).
"Tile tool" was invented by Kurt Angen (San Jose, Calif.) and Andrew Eylander (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus for conveniently and accurately cutting material such as trim, tile, profiles, Schluter trim, or other such non-flat material which are difficult to hold steady, comprises a tool body, the tool body configured to have an adjacent side, an opposite side, and a hypotenuse, a hypotenuse slit formed in the tool body, a second slit formed in the tool body, and an indentation in...