Patent ID: 7913473
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. Method for laying and mechanically connecting panels in rows parallel to one another, the panels having a first pair of side edges arranged opposite each other and a second pair of side edges arranged opposite each other, and a first pair of locking elements assigned to the first pair of side edges and a second pair of locking elements assigned to the second pair of side edges, the first pair of locking elements of adjacent panels being connectable together by pivoting the first pair of locking elements into each other, the method comprising: forming a super panel comprising a first plurality of panels in a first panel row, to be newly laid, the super panel being formed by connecting together second pairs of locking elements of adjacent panels of the first panel row; connecting the super panel to a second plurality of panels in an already laid second panel row by working in sections, beginning at an end of the super panel; and torsionally flexing the super panel to engage the first pair of locking elements when connecting the super panel to the second plurality of panels, wherein, during the connecting, the first plurality of panels does not move relative to each other along the second pair of edges.