Patent ID: 8112947

Claim:
A method of locating and fastening an access floor panel to a pedestal, the access floor panel having a bottom and a top with a peripheral flange extending therefrom, the floor panel having a hole therethrough adjacent to a corner thereof, a pedestal head having a base with a threaded hole extending therethrough and an upper support, the floor panel having a receiver formed in the base thereof for engagement with a projection on the base of the pedestal head, the method comprising the steps of: disposing the corner of said floor panel over the pedestal head so that the flange is resting on the upper support of the pedestal head and the bottom of the floor panel is spaced slightly above the base of the pedestal head; locating the floor panel relative to the pedestal head so that the receiver is aligned with the projection; inserting a fastener through the hole of the floor panel and said threaded hole of said base of said pedestal head; and tightening the fastener so that the base of the pedestal head comes into contact with the bottom of the floor panel and the projection on the base of the pedestal head extends into the receiver of the floor panel while the fastener separately extends through the hole of the floor panel and said threaded hole of said base.