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US 2019/0292769 A1Published application
Bamboo connector system
OwnerUdi Yahavinventor
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Abstract
A method includes forming a cutout in a bamboo pole, the cutout having a non-uniform perimeter, and in which the perimeter increases towards a region of the bamboo pole where fibers of the pole are stronger than other regions of the bamboo pole.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- bonding a connector to a bamboo pole, said connector formed with an internal passageway that opens to an outer surface of said connector, by placing said connector on a portion of said bamboo pole and causing an adhesive to flow into said internal passageway and flow to said outer surface of said connector such that said adhesive also contacts said portion of said bamboo pole and bonds said connector to said bamboo pole.
A method comprising:
- forming a cutout in a bamboo pole, the cutout having a non-uniform perimeter, wherein the perimeter increases towards a region of said bamboo pole where fibers of said pole are stronger or denser than other regions of said bamboo pole.
A method comprising:
- forming apertures in a wall thickness of a bamboo pole, said apertures extending along a longitudinal length from one end of said bamboo pole towards an opposite end of said bamboo pole;
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- securing a connector which has protrusions to said bamboo pole such that said protrusions are received in said apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.