Patent ID: 7065935

Claim:
A method for laying and interlocking floor panels provided with a first pair and a second pair of opposite panel sides, each of which pair of sides displays complementary retaining profiles extending over a length of the sides, the method comprising: (a) pivoting a first panel side of said first pair of sides of a previously laid panel upward so as to twist said previously laid panel about an axis extending through said previously laid panel; (b) interlocking a second panel side of said first pair of sides of a new panel with said first panel side of said first pair of sides of said previously laid panel, such that the new panel assumes an inclined position in which the retaining profile of a first panel side of said second pair of sides of said new panel can be inserted into the complementary retaining profile of one or more stationary panels in a row adjacent said new panel and said previously laid panel; and (c) pivoting the inclined new panel and the previously laid panel together into a common plane of stationary panels.