Bamboo composite board and beam product
AssigneeUS Floors, Inc.
InventorsPiet V. Dossche, Philippe Erramuzpe
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Abstract
New engineered wood products are provided by adding adhesives to alternating layers of bamboo and cork or other lignocellulostic or recycled materials and varied appearances are attained through the use of stains and the vertical or horizontal cuts applied to the products.
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An engineered wood product having alternating layers of strand woven bamboo formed from bamboo and adhesive resin cured under pressure and layers of cork and adhesive resin cured under pressure.
An engineered wood product having alternating layers of strand woven bamboo and cork in the form of a flooring product cut to display vertical grain.
An engineered wood product having alternating layers of strand woven bamboo and cork in the form of a flooring product cut to display horizontal grain.
An engineered wood product having alternating layers of strand woven bamboo and another material selected from the group of lignocellulostic material and recycled materials wherein the recycled material is selected from the group of rubber, glass, linoleum, vinyl and leather.
An engineered wood product having alternating layers of strand woven bamboo and another material selected from the group of lignocellulostic material and recycled materials in the form of a flooring product cut to display vertical grain.
An engineered wood product having alternating layers of strand woven bamboo and another material selected from the group of lignocellulostic material and recycled materials in the form of a flooring product cut to display horizontal grain.
An engineered wood flooring product formed of layers of bamboo segments coated with adhesive resin with alternating layers of lignocellulostic material or recycled material coated with adhesive resin, wherein the layers of bamboo segments have an original thickness between 6 and 50 millimeters and the layers of lignocellulostic material or recycled material have an original thickness of between 1 and 6 millimeters prior to compressing the layers of lignocellulostic or recycled material and bamboo segments and heating the adhesive resin and curing the resulting layered product.
An engineered wood product in a form selected from the group of beams, dimensional lumber, boards, panels or veneers, said product comprising alternating layers of strand woven bamboo comprising bamboo segments and adhesive resin, and layers of another material selected from the group of lignocellulostic materials and recycled materials with adhesive resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.