Resilient floor
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1. A method of assembling resilient floorboards, which are provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of two adjacent floorboards, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- positioning a first floorboard edge of a first floorboard, provided with a first device of said mechanical locking system, juxtaposed a second edge of a second floorboard, provided with a second device of said mechanical locking system, so that the first device of the mechanical locking system overlies the second device, the first floorboard edge having an outermost surface closest to the second edge of the second floorboard;
bending the first floorboard along at least the outermost surface of the first floorboard edge above the top surface of the second floorboard while the first device of the mechanical locking system overlies the second device; and
applying a force on a first part of the first floorboard edge, wherein at said first part of the first floorboard edge said first device is pushed into said second device to obtain a vertical and horizontal mechanical locking of a part of the first and second edges.
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A method of assembling resilient floorboards is disclosed that includes the step of bending an edge of a floorboard during the assembling. The bending reduces the force required for connection of the edge to another edge of a juxtaposed floorboard.
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1. A method of assembling resilient floorboards, which are provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of two adjacent floorboards, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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positioning a first floorboard edge of a first floorboard, provided with a first device of said mechanical locking system, juxtaposed a second edge of a second floorboard, provided with a second device of said mechanical locking system, so that the first device of the mechanical locking system overlies the second device, the first floorboard edge having an outermost surface closest to the second edge of the second floorboard; bending the first floorboard along at least the outermost surface of the first floorboard edge above the top surface of the second floorboard while the first device of the mechanical locking system overlies the second device; and applying a force on a first part of the first floorboard edge, wherein at said first part of the first floorboard edge said first device is pushed into said second device to obtain a vertical and horizontal mechanical locking of a part of the first and second edges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of assembling resilient floorboards, which are provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of two adjacent floorboards, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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positioning a first edge of a first floorboard, provided with a first device of said mechanical locking system, juxtaposed a second edge of a second floorboard, provided with a second device of said mechanical locking system; bending the first floorboard along the first edge so that the first edge has an axis of curvature that is perpendicular to the second edge of the second floorboard, the axis of curvature being convex toward the bottom surface of the floorboards; and applying a force on a first part of the first edge, wherein at said first part of the first edge said first device is pushed into said second device to obtain a vertical and horizontal mechanical locking of a part of the first and second edges. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of assembling resilient floorboards, which are provided with a mechanical locking system for vertical and horizontal locking of two adjacent floorboards, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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positioning a first edge of a first floorboard, provided with a first device of said mechanical locking system, juxtaposed a second edge of a second floorboard, provided with a second device of said mechanical locking system, so that the first device of the mechanical locking system overlies the second device, the first edge having an outermost surface closest to the second edge of the second floorboard; and applying a force on a first part of the first edge of the first floorboard such that the first floorboard bends along at least the outermost surface of the first edge, thereby at said first part of the first edge said first device is pushed into said second device to obtain a vertical and horizontal mechanical locking of a first part of the first and second edges, and at a second part of the first edge of the first floorboard, said first device is positioned above said second device such that a second part of the first and second edges remains in an unlocked position. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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