Engineered beam with adjustable angle connection
OwnerStanislav Berdichevskyinventor
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Abstract
A system for providing an angled construction or bent beam construction. Such system may include a first beam comprising a first elongated beam segment having a first interlocking joint portion at one end, and a second beam comprising a second elongated beam segment having a second interlocking joint at one end, wherein the first interlocking joint portion is configured to rotatably couple to the second interlocking joint to form a rotatable joint such that the angle between the first beam and the second beam is adjustable.
Claims20
A beam comprising an elongated beam segment having,
- a first end and a second end and a length therebetween and an interlocking joint portion extending from the second end, the interlocking joint portion having at least one protrusion and at least one recess,
- wherein the elongated beam segment is formed from an engineered wood product having a layered structure comprising:
- at least one recess layer having a first length extending for the length of the elongated beam segment;
- and
- at least one protrusion layer having a second length greater than the first length to form the interlocking joint portion,
- wherein the at least one recess layer and the at least one protrusion layer are rigidly attached to each other, and
- wherein the at least one recess layer and the at least one protrusion layer have multiple layers.
A system for providing an angled construction, the system comprising:
- a first beam including a first elongated beam segment having a first interlocking joint portion at one end;
- and
- a second beam including a second elongated beam segment having a second interlocking joint portion at one end;
- wherein the first beam and the second beam are respectively formed from a layered engineered wood product having multiple layers, wherein the multiple layers of the first beam and the second beam form respective protrusions or recesses of a respective first or second interlocking joint portion, and
- wherein the first interlocking joint portion is configured to rotatably couple to the second interlocking joint portion to form a rotatable joint such that an angle between the first beam and the second beam is adjustable.
A method for providing an angled construction, the method comprising:
- removably coupling a first beam to a second beam to create a rotatable joint, the first beam comprising a first elongated beam segment having a first interlocking joint portion at one end and the second beam comprising a second elongated beam segment having a second interlocking joint portion at one end, wherein the rotatable joint is formed by coupling the first interlocking joint portion and the second interlocking joint portion;
- rotating at least one of the first elongated beam segment or the second elongated beam segment about the rotatable joint to achieve a desired angle between the first elongated beam segment and the second elongated beam segment;
- and
- fixedly attaching the first elongated beam segment and the second elongated beam segment at the rotatable joint,
- wherein the first beam and the second beam are respectively formed from a layered engineered wood product having multiple layers, wherein the multiple layers of the first beam and the second beam form respective protrusions or recesses of a respective first or second interlocking joint portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.