Method of seating a floor panel

Abstract

Disclosed herein are embodiments of a floor panel seating assembly. The floor panel seating assembly can include adjustable, removable brackets or guides for guiding cross-members and joists of floor panels into their desired positions on a support structure. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of seating a floor panel. The method can include providing one or more adjustable, removable bracket or guide, adjusting the guide(s) to accommodate the width of a wall of the support structure and/or the sizes of the cross-members or joists of the floor panel, mounting the guide(s) to the support structure, and lowering a floor panel into position on the support structure using the guide(s).

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A floor panel seating assembly, comprising:
 a support structure comprising a top plate of a wall; and   a bracket removably attached to the top plate of the wall, the bracket comprising:
 a first segment defining a first side, a second side opposite the first side and comprising a guide surface, a first angled surface, and a second angled surface, the first angled surface being disposed on a first end of the first segment and the second angled surface being disposed on a second end of the first segment opposite the first end; and 
 a second segment extending perpendicular to the first segment, the second segment defining a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and 
   wherein the first side of the second segment is in contact with an upper surface of the top plate and the first segment extends upwardly away from the second segment in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the top plate.   
     
     
         3 . The floor panel seating assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the first angled surface is angled at 45 degrees relative to the guide surface. 
     
     
         4 . The floor panel seating assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the second angled surface is angled at 45 degrees relative to the guide surface. 
     
     
         5 . The floor panel seating assembly of  claim 2 , wherein the bracket is generally L-shaped. 
     
     
         6 . A method for using a bracket including (1) a first segment defining a first side, a second side having a guide surface opposite the first side, a first angled surface, and a second angled surface, the first angled surface being disposed on a first end of the first segment and the second angled surface being disposed on a second end of the first segment opposite the first end; and (2) a second segment extending perpendicular to the first segment, the second segment defining a first side and a second side opposite the first side to position a cross-member of a floor panel on a top plate of a wall, the method comprising:
 removably mounting the bracket to an upper surface of the top plate of the wall such that the first side of the second segment is in contact with the upper surface of the top plate and the first segment extends upwardly away from the second segment in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the top plate;   lowering a first floor panel above the top plate;   guiding a cross-member of the first floor panel along the first angled surface and the guide surface of the first segment, into a desired position on the upper surface of the top plate; and   detaching the bracket from the upper surface of the top plate.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising attaching the bracket to the cross-member of the first floor panel such that the second side of the second segment is in contact with a top surface of the cross-member and the first segment extends downwardly away from the second segment in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the cross-member. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein attaching the bracket to the cross-member of the first floor panel further comprises placing the first side of the first segment in contact with an outer surface of the cross-member. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 lowering a second floor panel above the top plate; and   guiding a cross-member of the second floor panel along the second angled surface and the guide surface of the first segment, into a desired position on the upper surface of the top plate.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising detaching the bracket from the top surface of the cross-member of the first floor panel, thereby forming a gap between the first and second floor panels. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the gap formed between the first and second floor panels is at least 1″ wide.