Patent ID: 8747018

Claim:
A method for installing a paver system within a specified area comprising: positioning a first grid substrate adjacent to a second grid substrate, the first and second grid substrates extending partially across the specified area; interlocking the first grid substrate with the second grid substrate with a first paver piece bridging the first and second grid substrates and positioned relatively above the first and second grid substrates, a first paver portion of the first paver piece received by the first grid substrate, the first paver portion extending toward the first grid substrate along a first longitudinal axis, and a first lateral moving tolerance is provided between the first paver portion and the first grid substrate on either side of the of the first longitudinal axis, and a second paver portion of the first paver piece received by the second grid substrate, the second paver portion extending toward the first grid substrate along a second longitudinal axis, and a second lateral moving tolerance is provided between the second paver portion and the second grid substrate on either side of the second longitudinal axis, the first and second grid substrates and the first paver piece forming an articulated paver linkage; coupling a second paver piece with the second grid substrate, the second paver piece positioned relatively above the second grid substrate; coupling a third paver piece with the first grid substrate, the third paver piece positioned relatively above the first grid substrate; and fitting the articulated linkage within the specified area, fitting including laterally expanding the articulated paver linkage across the specified area according to the first and second lateral moving tolerances provided on either side of the first and second longitudinal axes, respecitively, the second paver piece adjacent one side of the specified area, the third paver piece adjacent another side of the specified area.