Tiled transition bracketing

Abstract

The present disclosure includes various brackets and systems for forming tiled transitions between surfaces. One bracket embodiment for forming a tiled transition between a first surface and a second surface forming an inside corner includes a first base portion securable to the first surface, a second base portion securable to the second surface, a receiving slot angled with respect to the first and second surfaces for receiving a tile strip to form the tiled transition, and a channel for receiving a filler material adjacent to the receiving slot.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . An apparatus for forming a tiled transition, comprising:
 a bracket including:
 a first base portion securable to a first surface; 
 a second base portion securable to a second surface, wherein the first and second surfaces form an inside corner; and 
 a tile receiving slot angled with respect to the first and second surfaces, the tile receiving slot configured to receive a tile strip secured therein to form the tiled transition between the first and second surfaces. 
   
     
     
         22 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , further comprising the tile strip secured within the tile receiving slot, the tile strip being secured within the tile receiving slot prior to securing the first base portion to the first surface and the second base portion to the second surface. 
     
     
         23 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein a depth of the tile receiving slot is less than a width and a length of the tile receiving slot. 
     
     
         24 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the bracket includes a first leg extending parallel to the first surface and a second leg extending parallel to the second surface. 
     
     
         25 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the bracket includes a spacer member located a distance from the receiving slot, the spacer member extending out from the first base portion perpendicular to the first surface. 
     
     
         26 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the tile receiving slot is a first tile receiving slot, and wherein the bracket includes at least a second tile receiving slot angled with respect to the first and the second surfaces. 
     
     
         27 . The apparatus of  claim 26 , wherein the first and the at least a second receiving slots are each angled with respect to each other. 
     
     
         28 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the bracket further includes an elongate channel adjacent the tile receiving slot. 
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein a portion of the elongate channel is formed of a material different from a material from which a remainder of the bracket is formed. 
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the tile strip comprises a ceramic tile material. 
     
     
         31 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein at least one of the first base portion and the second base portion includes a number of grooves to facilitate bonding of the bracket to at least one of the first surface and the second surface. 
     
     
         32 . A method for forming a tiled transition, comprising:
 securing a first base portion of a bracket to a first surface and securing a second base portion of the bracket to a second surface, wherein the first and the second surfaces form an inside corner;   wherein the bracket includes a receiving slot angled with respect to the first and the second surfaces; and   securing a tile strip in the receiving slot.   
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the bracket includes a first leg extending parallel to the first surface, and wherein the method includes securing a first surface covering to the first leg. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the bracket includes a second leg extending parallel to the second surface, and wherein the method includes securing a second surface covering to the second leg. 
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 33 , further comprising securing the first surface covering to the first leg prior to securing the tile strip in the receiving slot. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 33 , further comprising maintaining a grout joint between an edge of the tile strip and an edge of the first surface covering. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the tile strip and the first surface covering comprise a ceramic tile material. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the bracket includes at least two receiving slots, and wherein the method includes securing a tile strip in each of the at least two receiving slots. 
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the bracket includes an elongate channel adjacent the receiving slot, and wherein the method includes filling the channel with a filler material after securing the first base portion to the first surface and the second base portion to the second surface. 
     
     
         40 . A method for forming a tiled transition, comprising:
 bonding a first base portion of a bracket to a first surface;   bonding a second base portion of the bracket to a second surface, securing a tile strip in a receiving slot of the bracket to form a tiled transition between a first surface covering secured to the first surface and a second surface covering secured to the second surface;   wherein the tiled transition comprises a grout joint between the tile strip and at least one of:
 an edge surface of the first surface covering; and 
 an edge surface of the second surface covering; and 
   wherein at least one of the first surface covering and the second surface covering overlap a portion of the bracket.