Patent ID: 8336278

Claim:
A method for forming a structural paver deck assembly comprising: fastening one or more structural decking panels across a frame structure, the one or more structural decking panels include longitudinal panel edges, more than one of the structural decking panels of the one or more structural decking panels including at least one of panel recesses and panel projections on an upper decking panel surface, wherein the at least one of panel recesses or panel projections are between the longitudinal panel edges, and the panel projections on the upper decking panel surface include at least one paver rail, and the at least one paver rail extends in one or more of a width or length of the structural decking panel; seating a paving decking surface over the one or more of structural decking panels including snap fitting a plurality of paver pieces along the one or more structural decking panels, the plurality of paver pieces including at least one of paver projections or paver recesses, where at least one of the panel projections are received within the paver recesses or the paver projections are received in the panel recesses, wherein the paver recesses of one or more paver pieces of the plurality of paver pieces include tapered rail recesses receiving the at least one paver rail, the tapered rail recesses taper toward a paver lower surface and the at least one paver rail includes a corresponding rail taper, the one or more paver pieces are slidably coupled along the at least one paver rail, and the tapered rail recesses and the rail taper laterally lock the one or more paver pieces on the paver rail, and the one or more structural decking panels are configured to support the weight of the paving decking surface.