Patent ID: 8281549
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a first floor panel and a second floor panel which are adjacent to each other, the first and second floor panels comprising a floor panel snap-fitting structure, the method comprising: positioning a lower step of said first floor panel in an upper groove of said second floor panel and contacting the lower step with the upper groove, wherein the first floor panel is angled to the second floor panel, wherein the lower step and an upper step are formed on a protrusion docking surface of the first floor panel with the lower step extending beyond the upper step in a horizontal direction, and wherein the upper groove and a lower groove are formed on a recess docking surface of the second floor panel with the upper groove extending beyond the lower groove in a horizontal direction; rotating the first floor panel about a contact portion of the lower step of the first floor panel and the upper groove of the second floor panel as an axle so that said first floor panel is substantially parallel to the second floor panel; applying a force to the first floor panel in a vertical direction to allow the first floor panel and the second floor panel to enter an assembled state, wherein in the assembled state the upper step and the lower step of the first floor panel are respectively accommodated in the upper groove and the lower groove of the second floor panel, and wherein in the assembled state the protrusion docking surface of the first floor panel at least partially contacts the recess docking surface of the second floor panel.