Plastic lumber spacing or piling strip
OwnerWilliam N. Therrien, Timothy Bymaninventors
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Abstract
A plastic strip for supporting and spacing wood products for kiln drying or air drying. The plastic strip is rectangular and adapted to withstand high temperature, moisture and pressure under continuous re-use in the temperatures, pressures and moisture of the kiln drying process. The strip is ventilated to inhibit moist areas remaining on the wood products in the overlap between the strips and the wood products.
Claims22
A spacing or piling strip used for spacing or piling lumber, said strip comprising a single, elongate, substantially parallelepiped strip member having opposite first and second weight-bearing surfaces thereon, said first and second surfaces contoured to provide air venting means, wherein said strip member is adapted for use in spacing apart layers of lumber in a stack of lumber during kiln drying and includes, within said member, wood waste by-products held in a plastic matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.