Patent ID: 8631623

Claim:
A method for inserting a separate clip into a first retaining profile of a first panel comprising a top side, an underside and an edge on which the first retaining profile is disposed, wherein the first retaining profile has a hook directed towards the top side, which serves for establishing a positive-fit connection in the direction parallel to the top side with a hook of a second retaining profile on an edge of a second panel, when the retaining profiles are connected with each other, wherein the first retaining profile is designed to be capable of being connected with the second retaining profile by a relative movement between the retaining profiles directed perpendicular to the top side, wherein the clip comprises a clip head, a clip body and a clip base, as well as a deformation region between the clip body and the clip base, wherein first retaining profile comprises a rotation support on which the deformation region rests and defines an axis of rotation about which the clip substantially rotates when the retaining profiles are connected with each other, wherein the method comprises: inserting the clip into the first retaining profile such that the clip, during insertion, is first brought into an intermediate insertion position in which the clip base protrudes from a clip base groove; and rotating the clip such that before the first retaining profile is connected with the second retaining profile, the clip is brought, by a rotation about the axis of rotation, from the intermediate insertion position into a laying position in which the clip base is firmly connected with the first retaining profile.