Patent ID: 6711869
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A process of laying and mechanically jointing floorboards which have, on one longitudinal side and one transverse side, a tongue and, one an opposite longitudinal side and an transverse side, a groove matching the tongue, the tongues and the grooves being designed so that boards inserted into one another engage horizontally, the process comprising:a) jointing a plurality of boards and making them engage on their transverse sides in order to lay a first row on a floor of a room, b) jointing a first board of a second row and making it engage with one or two boards in the first row using the tongue and groove joint on the longitudinal side for the purpose of starting a second row, c) pushing a tongue of a second board into a groove on the traverse side of the first board in the second row, the movement being from the longitudinal side towards the boards in the first row; and d) making the second board engage with one or two boards in the first row.