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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sydney E Tilby, Victoria B.C., CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428106 ; 428 15 ; 428218 ; 428113 ; 428114 ; 428302 ; 428535 ; 4285371 ; 428528 ; 428529 ; 144333 ; 144 / ; 156256 ;
Abstract
The invention is a board of non-timber hardwood-replacement lumber. The primary constituent is rinds of a grass selected from the group of grasses consisting of sugarcane and sorghum. The board has an integral mass of parallel elongate flattened rinds aligned along the length of the board, parallel to a board surface and joined together by adhesive bonding. A 'cant' (from which the boards are made) is also disclosed and like the boards sawed from it, the cant is substantially void-free and of substantially constant density throughout its cross-section. The board is furniture-grade and exhibits grain characteristics very closely similar to natural hardwood.