System and method for fitting floor modules

1 . A fitting system for floor modules comprising:

a female element comprising:

a U-shaped body of the female element;

a cavity present in a gap enclosed by the body of the female element; and

at least one ramp included in the cavity;

a male element comprising:

a fitting element; and

at least one slider comprised in the fitting element;

characterized in that:

the at least one ramp is arranged on a plate of the female element, positioned between sidewalls of the female;

the male element being interconnectable with the female element by placing the male element in a slanting position in relation to the female element, sliding the at least one slider along the at least one ramp;

the male element and the female element being aligned horizontally and the fitting element fitting into the cavity when the system is in a closed formation, blocking the male element from making horizontal movements, perpendicular to longitudinal movements.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the female element being attached to the floor module by fastening elements.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one slider having a shape substantially complementary to the shape of the at least one ramp.

4 . The system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the fitting element additionally comprising a rim.

5 . The system according to claim 4 , characterized in that the male element being interconnectable with the female element by sliding the rim along the plate of the female element or the at least one ramp.

6 . The system according to claim 4 , characterized in that the male element being interconnectable with the female element by sliding the rim along the plate of the female element and along at the at least one ramp and the male element being attached to the floor module by fastening elements.

7 . The system according to claim 1 characterized in that:

the female element additionally comprising at least one tongue;

the male element comprising at least one groove that is dimensioned so that the at least one tongue fits snugly into the at least one groove;

in the closed formation, the at least one tongue fitting into the at least one groove; and

the at least one groove being delimited by groove walls and being incorporated into sidewalls of the male element.

8 . The system according to claim 1 characterized in that the body of the female element and at the least one ramp being seated on the plate of the female element and the cavity being additionally delimited below by the plate of the female element.

9 . The system according to claim 1 characterized in that the male element additionally comprising a body of the male element that comprises at least one overhang.

10 . The system according to claim 1 characterized in that the fitting element additionally comprise a plate of the male element and sidewalls of the male element.

11 . The system according to claim 1 characterized in that the fitting element having a width configured to fit snugly into the gap between the female element sidewalls of the female element and the fitting element being located under the floor module to which the female element is attached.

12 . The system according to claim 1 characterized in that the body of the female element comprising openings of the female and the body of the male element comprising openings of the male element.

13 . The system according to claim 10 , characterized in that the fastening elements passing through the openings of the female element and through the openings of the male element.

14 . A method of fitting the female element and the male element of the system as defined in claim 1 further comprising the following steps:

the male element is placed in a slanting position in relation to the female element, whereby the rim is directed towards the cavity of the female element, the male element is in a higher position than the female element and the underside of the body of the male element and of the plate of the male element face the plane on which the female element is seated;

the male element moves towards the female element, until the rim contacts the at least one ramp or the plate of the female element;

the at least one slider slides along the at least one ramp and the rim through the plate of the female element and through the at least one ramp or through the plate of the female element and through the at least one ramp, until:

the at least one slider lies on the plate of the female element,

the plate of the male element lies on the at least one ramp, and

the body of the male element is partly underneath the floor module to which the female element is attached; and

at least one tongue fits into at least one groove.

15 . A method of disengaging the female element and the male element of the system as defined in claim 1 further comprising the following steps:

the body of the male element is raised in such a way that at least one groove and at least one tongue become detached;

the at least one slider slides along the at least one ramp and a rim through the plate of the female element and the at least one ramp, so that the position of the male element gradually moves towards a vertical position, until the at least one slider is no longer in contact with the at least one ramp;

the male element moves until the fitting element is no longer directly above the female element.