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US 4,303,707 AGranted
Building component and method of making the same
OwnerJohn Priorinventor
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Abstract
This building component includes a peripheral sidewall and upper and lower walls forming a casing; a core of shredded waste material and an exterior plastic skin covering the casing. The method of making the component includes the steps of filling a peripheral form with shredded waste material, closing the form at the upper and lower ends incorporating it into the component by applying a reinforced plastic binder over the closed form. A modified component has a rectangular casing formed from structural members and is provided with a braced interior core.
Claims1
The method of making a building component comprising the steps of:
- (a) forming a rectangular open box including a sidewall formed from wood structural members and a lower wall formed from plywood,
- (b) placing core material within the form,
- (c) placing an upper wall formed from plywood on the form open top to close the box,
- (d) attaching an elongate strip on one side of said box to provide a tongue,
- (e) attaching a pair of spaced elongated strips on an opposite side of said box to provide a groove to interfit a tongue such as that provided on said one side of said box, and
- (f) applying a plastic binder reinforced with fiber strand particles over the entire box including the tongue and groove to provide a substantially rigid complete cover sealing the box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.