Patent ID: 8544231

Claim:
A pair of floor panels comprising: a first floor panel and a second floor panel, each of the first and second floor panels having at least one plastic support layer having a top face and a lower face; a décor layer on the top face of plastic the support layer; a transparent cover layer on top of the décor layer; two pairs of opposite lateral edges; each pair of the two pairs of opposite lateral edges having complementary holding profiles; at least one of the complementary holding profiles being locking complementary hook profiles; one of the locking complementary hook profiles having a receiving hook having an undercut surface which faces the top face; the other of the locking complementary hook profiles having a locking hook having an undercut surface which faces the lower face; a snap-in element on a distal lateral face of the locking hook; a complementary snap-in element on a proximal lateral face of the one of the locking complementary hook profiles having the receiving hook; a downwardly, inwardly, inclined contact and guide surface on a distal lateral face of the receiving hook, the downwardly, inwardly, inclined contact and guide surface of the receiving hook being a flat surface that extends downwardly, inwardly and inclined to the lower face; and a complementary contact and guide surface on a proximal lateral face on the other of the locking complementary hook profiles having the locking hook, such that the downwardly, inwardly, inclined contact and guide surface of the one of the locking complementary hook profiles having the receiving hook panel contacts and guides the complementary contact and guide surface on the other of the locking complementary hook profiles of the first panel during first establishment of closure between the locking complementary holding profiles of the first and second panel.